El Yunque, Majestic Rocky Icon of Puerto Rico: Impervious to the Ravages of Time?

Reblogged from Repeating Islands: Anvil-shaped promontory formed inside an ancient supervolcano, as Cheryl Dybas reports in this reports for the National Science Foundation. El Yunque. It could be the name of an ancient chieftain. On the island of Puerto Rico, in a sense it is. El Yunque, which means "the anvil" in Spanish, is a … Continue reading →