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Lecture: 'Geothermal Features of Yellowstone, Iceland and Nevada' - Tonight!

6:30 p.m., April 23, Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Nevada

A rock-bordered pool at sunset taken at Diana’s Punchbowl
Hot Springs, Monitor Valley, in central Nevada. Photo by Chip Carroon

Dr. Chip Carroon is presenting a slide lecture titled “Geothermal Features of Yellowstone, Iceland and Nevada,” which answers the question, what do Yellowstone National Park and Iceland have in common with Nevada?

The presentation, at 6:30 p.m. April 23 at the Nevada State Museum, will focus on the geologic origin of geothermal and volcanic features of Yellowstone, Iceland and Nevada, three of the most geothermally active places in the world.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for exhibit viewing in the main building. Museum members and children under 17 have free entry; nonmember admission is $8 per adult.

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