Environmental Graffiti

Flash Flood!

Suddenly, the raging torrent of water sweeps over land unprepared for its onslaught. A flash flood has begun. Often associated with severe storms, these extremely dangerous hazards occur when the ground becomes saturated with heavy rain that has fallen too quickly for the water to be absorbed. The rainfall can rip through riverbeds, streets or mountain canyons, surging rapidly downhill – as this sequence of pictures shows.

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The Swirls and Waves of Antelope Canyon

Gaze for too long at these rock formations, and you begin to drift off and forget whether you're looking at a geological phenomenon or a vast, abstract oil painting. The swirls seem to envelop you, and in Antelope Canyon they actually do. Let's take a ramble down this most gorgeous of gorges and lose ourselves in the wonderful play of light and patterns that captivate its many visitors each year. Here lies one of the planet's greatest natural art galleries.

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California is Screwed: Major Quake by 2037

George Strait might get his ocean front property in Arizona , after all – California is expected to have a magnitude 6.7 or higher quake in the next 30 years, the rough equivalent of the 1994 Northridge earthquake that collapsed freeways and shattered water mains. This was a [...]

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Water Park Planned For Drought Hit Desert

Phoenix, Arizona has had over 11 years of drought. Water levels in and around the city are close to record lows. Clearly, the city needs a water park. Residents of the nearby city of Mesa certainly seem to think so. They recently passed a resolution supporting

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