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Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > 03/13/2026 > happy-trails-colorado-springs-geologic-column-is-a-colorful-hidden-gem

Happy Trails: Colorado Springs’ Geologic Column is a colorful, hidden gem

1+ hour, 30+ min ago  (324+ words) A hidden corner of Monument Valley Park teaches about Colorado Springs" human history and its much deeper natural history. Welcome to the Geologic Column." The hillside is streaked by multi-colored rock, representing various formations that rose hundreds of millions of…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > 10/21/2025 > rare-rock-hides-in-plain-sight-in-colorado-springs-recalling-snowball-earth

Rare rock hides in plain sight in Colorado Springs, recalling ‘Snowball Earth’

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (942+ words) One recent morning near the mouth of a canyon in southwest Colorado Springs, Christine Siddoway placed a few peculiar rocks in a parking lot and a dozen strangers gathered around. "That's pretty," one man said, bringing his eye closer to…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > ap > lifestyles > scientists-thought-this-argentine-glacier-was-stable-now-they-say-its-melting-fast > article_ccedd2ca-728f-5041-8455-84b0ee71a69c.html

Scientists thought this Argentine glacier was stable. Now they say it's melting fast

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (416+ words) FILE - A tourist watches the Perito Moreno Glacier at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, Argentina, Nov. 1, 2021. An iconic Argentinian glacier, long thought one of the few on Earth to be relatively stable, is now undergoing its "most substantial…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > ap > international > turkey-mourns-10-people-killed-battling-a-wildfire > article_b2306460-24c5-568a-97ab-1144a80c5862.html

Turkey mourns 10 people killed battling a wildfire

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (285+ words) A wildfire rages across a forested area near Cavuslar village, in Karabuk district, northwest Turkey, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Grieving family and friends of the five members of the AKUT rescue organization were joined by leading politicians and crowds of mourning citizens…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > ap > international > turkey-mourns-5-volunteer-firefighters-killed-battling-wildfires > article_b2306460-24c5-568a-97ab-1144a80c5862.html

Turkey mourns 5 volunteer firefighters killed battling wildfires

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (267+ words) A wildfire rages across a forested area near Cavuslar village, in Karabuk district, northwest Turkey, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Grieving family and friends of the five members of the AKUT rescue organization were joined by leading politicians and crowds of mourning citizens…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > ap > international > iceland-volcano-eruption-forces-evacuation-of-town-and-iconic-geothermal-spa > article_3339cdaf-151c-55d5-bd5a-935439621ad9.html

Iceland volcano eruption forces evacuation of town and iconic geothermal spa

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (190+ words) A view of the volcanic eruption by the Sundhn'kagigjar" "ur volcano, in Grindavik, Iceland, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. The eruption began around 4 a.m. Wednesday following an intense seismic swarm on the Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest of the capital, Reykjavik, Iceland's Met Office said. Some…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > ap > international > indonesias-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-volcano-erupts-with-ash-cloud-reaching-11-miles > article_b43efddd-d02e-55da-b273-8d2a2d08eddb.html

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts with ash cloud reaching 11 miles

8+ mon, 6+ day ago  (13+ words) Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts with ash cloud reaching 11 miles....

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > news > a-magnitude-2-9-earthquake-north-of-denver-reported-friday-morning > article_a9799329-4c76-59ca-a08e-60abc8244db9.html

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake north of Denver reported Friday morning

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (182+ words) A small 2.9 magnitude earthquake shook residents north of Denver early Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The quake occurred at 6:08 a.m., was reported at 6:13 a.m., and was centered approximately three miles southwest of Dacono and approximately five miles deep. People…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > ap > international > what-made-mount-etnas-latest-eruption-so-rare > article_ce770988-17f9-512c-a32b-a4c3de02568a.html

What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (483+ words) Smoke billows from Mount Etna volcano, Italy, Monday, June 2, 2025. Smoke billows from Mount Etna volcano, seen from the village of Zafferana Etnea, Italy, Monday, June 2, 2025. But the defining event of Monday's eruption was the more rare pyroclastic flow from the…...

Colorado Springs Gazette
gazette.com > opinion > leytters-questioning-water-restrictions-our-national-debt > article_c72b7be3-4ce7-4e9b-a359-af9fea39ca8b.html

LEYTTERS: Questioning water restrictions; our national debt

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (620+ words) Then why, if there is no water shortage, do we have water restrictions in Colorado Springs? I challenge the council to put its money where their mouth is: Eliminate water restrictions and the Karman Line might make sense. As long…...