Due to a weird quirk of geology, New Mexico's Bandera Volcano Ice Cave never warms above 31 degrees Fahrenheit, even when ...
Charcoal bands in a New Mexico cave ice core track with five periods of drought over 800 years During a parched summer almost 2,000 years ago, people living in what is now western New Mexico crawled ...
In the high desert of western New Mexico, a pocket of ancient ice has quietly endured while summer temperatures soar above it. Tucked inside a lava tube beneath an old volcanic field, this frozen ...
In the heart of New Mexico’s Zuni Mountains, the Bandera Volcano Ice Cave stands as one of nature’s most perplexing and intriguing wonders. While the surrounding desert swelters under summer heat, ...
To survive droughts in the arid environment of El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico, ancestral Pueblo peoples relied on centuries-old ice preserved on the bottom of lava caves. Charcoal layers ...
It may still feel like summer outside, but there is a place in southern Idaho that feels like winter all year. Southern Idaho is known for its lava tubes. The Shoshone Ice Caves are located about 40 ...
The caves require pre-planning and protective equipment to safely explore. El Malpais National Monument is limiting the caves to ten visitors per day per cave. A permit is required to explore the ...
Geologists call the Shoshone Ice Caves one of Earth’s natural wonders. It’s the largest known lava ice cave in the world, extending 1,000 feet deep. The largest cavern in the ancient lava tube is ...
OVAL BEACH, Mich. -- An "eruption" of the frozen kind was occurring in Michigan over the weekend. Photographers with the National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids got some great shots of what ...
An curved arrow pointing right. Adding relatively minor factors like crystals, water, ice, and metal can drastically affect how lava moves, cools, and creates formations. When lava meets water, for ...
Hidden deep in the heart of New Mexico lies a frozen world that defies its desert surroundings. While temperatures outside soar under the summer sun, .