At This Spot North America Almost Split in Two The Midcontinent Rift

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Lake Superior exists because, ~1.1 billion years ago, North America failed to rip in half. This summer, I traveled to the lake to see what kind of stories that failure left behind, and I ended up learning a whole lot about the Midcontinent Rift, basalt, copper mining, and geology. • This is one of the biggest projects I've done in a while, and I had a really good time with it. If you enjoyed this travel + science story, stop by the comments and let me know! • ✨ Want to support my work? Well, hey, thank you so much. You can learn more about how to keep this thing going at www.patreon.com/alexisdahl. • ☕ Find this series valuable, but Patreon isn't for you? You can also help keep this thing going at www.buymeacoffee.com/alexisdahl. • Find Me Elsewhere: • • On Instagram, I upload a lot of nature photos, plus science and adventure stories: instagram.com/alexis.writes • • Want to work together or learn more about my work? Contact me at AlexisDahl.com. • • On Etsy, I sell original artwork and stickers: etsy.com/shop/AlexisJDahl • • On Twitter, I occasionally share science news and the occasional thought: twitter.com/alexiswrites • Music: • Too Many Valleys by Josh Woodward. Free download: https://www.joshwoodward.com/ • • Main Sources: • Rift: • https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... • http://geo.msu.edu/extra/geogmich/rif... • https://sites.northwestern.edu/sethst... • https://www.nps.gov/articles/parkscie... • https://phys.org/news/2017-12-geologi... • http://www.geo.mtu.edu/great_lakes/MCRS/ • Copper: • 2017: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/7/10/1... • Lovely Plain-Text Overview: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/de... • http://www.minsocam.org/msa/collector... • https://www.mindat.org/article.php/25... • http://www.geo.mtu.edu/KeweenawGeoher... • http://riogrande.ees.nmt.edu/outside/...

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