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This Missouri hike follows an unusual ridge that looks nothing like the farmland around it

A forested ridge rises up to 250 feet above flat fields of cotton, rice, and soybeans. Geologists actually call it an oddity.

Yakushima was a giant 'fossil of a magma chamber'—Digging into the island's underground in my first geology class in 35 years | Yuru Exploration Mountaineerin…

Prologue: After talking about giant rocks, I started getting curious about the whole islandLast weekend's hike in Yakushima.