Saying that Lava Beds National Monument has everything a perfect field trip has to offer would be an understatement. Lava Beds National Monument, lies concealed in the hills of northern California. Each year the monument attracts only 130,000 captivated visitors, meaning that the attractions would not be crowded and mobbed with tourists. Lava Beds National Monument has diverse features and many places to put your attention towards, with five historical caves. The educational value of the park is beneficial along with enjoyment of seeing phenomenal ancient caves and lava tubes. Lava Beds National Monument has many remarkable benefits that make it the ideal destination for a field trip including the low number of visitors, the manifold attractions and the academic relevance.
With a low annual amount of 130,000 visitors, Lava Beds greatly contrasts with other National Attractions. The number of visitors might not sound like an important factor, but when there are no crowds and lines the visit is much more enjoyable. Yosemite National Park, another national attraction nearby, which attracts over four million visitors annually, receives over 300 times more visitors than Lava Beds
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There are so many different sights to see, it is almost promised that there is something to catch every visitors attention. According to “Lava Beds National Monument”, Some of the enthralling features of the monument include caves such as the Crystal Ice Cave, which is super cold and has beautiful ice chandeliers hanging from the crystal ceiling. Fern Cave offers not only a sight of many different plants and animals, but captivating historical markings called pictographs from natives thousands of years ago. Along with many other caves in the national monument, these are some examples of the sundry and exquisite natural pieces of
California has numerous interesting sights. Not only the big cities but the nature to. Approximately between California and Oregon states border lyes the California’s “best kept secret.” While other national parks, such as Yosemite National Park may receive nearly 4 million visitors, the Lava Beds National Monument attracts 130,000 guests. Not having many visitors lets this monument keep its nickname.
The geology, its history, and the presence of past civilizations contribute to much of the significance of Mesa Verde National Park. The interconnectedness of these aspects should also be noted. If not for the weathering processes and changes in sea level this formation would not exist. Without it, the ancient people would not have been able to reside within Mesa Verde. This National Park now serves as a tool to help conserve the remains of these past civilizations as well as to help educate today’s society on the significance behind this astonishing geologic
On the next day, we’ll be visiting Petroglyph National Monument, where you can discover 20000 carvings, ranging from the simple animal scratches to the complex abstracts. Here we will get a chance to see a variety of wildlife and traces of volcanic activity during trekking.
This study is focus on the 11th Unnamed Cave in Tennessee. This cave was the first of its kind because this cave is the only one that was found to contain pictograph, petroglyph, and mud glyph all in one site. The article explain that the site is significant because there are evidence to showed that the site underwent a series of diverse but interrelated uses. The first out of all the cave sites to contain all three different form of rock art. Also, because the site was found in the eighteenth century which had some form of documentations on the uses of the cave. The authors believes that since the cave showed many different kind of activities, it is possible that the activities reflect a complex behaviors more elaborated and sacred than all of the other sites.
After notifying the officials, explorers began an intensive search for more artwork. Their findings were amazing. To date, there are about 125 documented images of animals, and fifty-five stenciled hands found in the cave (Jaobs “Grotto Cosquer”).
Not too far away from the town of Montignac, in the western Massif Central and Northern Pyrenees, the cave of Lascaux was discovered. Four teenage boys and their dog discovered it. The four boys, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel and Simon Coenccus, were out on an expedition, but they found more than they bargained for that day. Their dog wandered away and they searched for him. In the process, the four boys discovered a cave that had been right below their feet for the past 17,000 years. They were not able to venture down into the 250-meter deep cave on the first day so they came back the next day prepared to enter the cave. When the boys first wiggled their way down into the cave they did not find anything. It was not until they reached an oval room that they first discovered paintings on the walls. These boys had uncovered paintings dating back to the Aurignacian (30,000-18,000 B.C.E.) (Laming, 34-41) and Magdalenian (15,000-10,000 B.C.E.) periods. It is believed that many of the paintings found in Lascaux were created between 16,000 and 14,000 B.C.E. The boys could no longer keep this cave a secret, so they told one of their teachers, Monsieur Laval. After accompanying the boys down to the cave, M. Laval started alerting historians to this new discovery. Within five days three historians were already on their way to visit the site. On September 17, 1940 three experts on Paleolithic art, Abbé Breuil, Dr. Cheynier and Abbé Bouyssonnie, crawled down into the cave; it was at this point the cave became authenticated.
These types of rocks include metamorphosed volcanic rock, schist, quartzite, Phyllite, and marble. The marble rocks in the Sequoia and Kings National Parks contain different caves. This is different from Yosemite National Park because Yosemite does not have any caves (United States National Park Service, “Geology”, 2015). This marble however is metamorphosed limestone and Sequoia and Kings Canyon combined contain over 200 marble caves. These caves only form under special conditions which include the right kind of rock, fractures or spaces that are in the rock and enough water that can erode underground spaces or passages. These two parks contain the longest cave in California which is Lilburn Cave. Lilburn Cave has nearly 17 miles of surveyed passage and it is a very complex cave with blue and white-banded marble (United States National Park Service, “Overview”, 2015). Nearby mines cause the cave to also occasionally have displays of rare or colorful minerals such as green malachite and blue
At this National Park you may find miles and miles of hiking trails through volcanic craters, hot deserts and rainforests. They have Drive Chain of Craters Roads, Ranger Programs, A Walk Into The Past, and After Dark in the Park.
The Burning Bed, was based on a true story about an abused battered wife. They lived in small town in Ingham County. Francine Hughes went on trial for the death of ex-husband Mikey Hughes. Francine, was a beautiful young woman, that met Mickey at a restaurant one night, that change her life forever. Mickey did not start off abusive he was loving, and fun at one point. Mickey was “wolf in sheep clothing”. He appeared to be gentle and kind, but was a monster.
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The Natural History Museum is extraordinary place to explore and learn. It’s fun and breathtaking. The museum served as an agricultural fairground from 1872 until 1910. The original structure of the building from the 1913 and today’s structure are combined with a blend of many styles. Like a Spanish Renaissance ornamentation in the terracotta trimmings. There is a Romanesque style in the arched windows and the brick walls. The Beaux-Arts tradition is a T-shape floor plan. The building measures 75 feet in diameter with three wings. The Rotunda’s walls are made of Italian marble and the floors have a mosaic tile. The statue in the center of the floor called “Three Muses.” The Rotunda’s dome is 58 feet high with a skylight 20 feet across on top, which has been restored recently into a bright colored stained glass design. The museum had its first grand opening on November 6, 1913 and was called “The Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art. It was opened formally to the public. The museum was joined by other major cultural facilities in the park; the Memorial Coliseum, Sports Arena, Swimming Stadium, California Science Center, California African American Museum and the largest Municipal-Owned Rose Garden in the nation, with a beautiful water fountain in the center.
There are many different varieties of landforms in the world, but there are only two regions we are looking at and they are the northeast and the southeast. In both regions there are huge mountain ranges. One is called the Appalachian Mountains. This group of mountains is 250,000,000 years old. The Mississippi River flows through the southeast. In the southeast there is a landform named Mammoth Cave. In 1941 it became a landform. I think it is cool that a simple little ,(well actually huge), cave became a national park! It covers 52,830 acres. (There might be more, all these acres might lead to more) No wonder it is the largest cave system known in the world! Its coordinates are 37°11 North, 86°6 West. I would tell you more, but I must move on. (Seriously it’s almost due)
Researchers have found that these caldera valleys reside near some of the largest amounts of volcanic rock we have on Earth, insinuating that the heat vents that collapsed were “monstrous.” However, very thick continental crust and a huge heat source is needed to create these supervolcanoes which makes them very rare. The last supervolcanoes to erupt in the continental U.S occurred 640,000 years ago in Yellowstone and 760,000 years ago in Long Valley, California. These eruptions occurred, like all supervolcanoes, because the pressurized magma raises overlying crust enough to create vertical breaks that spread to the surface of the
Despite being in a dangerous location, the slopes of volcanoes can be attractive to people setting up homes due to the rich, fertile soil