This place rocks
To geology professor Alan Collins, the Earth’s history is legible in the land around us. Come hiking to his favourite place to see the world – present and past – through his eyes.
The rocks in our view preserve subtle features of the landscape we would have seen if we had stood here 630 million years ago.
ALAN COLLINS is a professor of geology at the University of Adelaide, with an interest in deep earth evolution.
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I’ve always liked mountains. When I was young, I didn’t understand much but I felt a visceral connection with the rocks, always seeking out crags to scramble on, drawn to scars and pocketing rocks, more intrigued by their textures than having any deep...
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