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  • Rhyolite-basalt volcanism of the Yellowstone Plateau and hydrothermal activity of Yellowstone

    Scientific Articles on Yellowstone 2010

  • They were each remarkably good at identifying remote dirt roads by name and even showed us the way to the ghost town of Rhyolite.

    GPS navigation reduces risk on Death Valley road trip 2007

  • They were each remarkably good at identifying remote dirt roads by name and even showed us the way to the ghost town of Rhyolite.

    GPS navigation reduces risk on Death Valley road trip 2007

  • Rhyolite and dacite are produced from continental lava flows that solidify quickly.

    Igneous rock 2007

  • The National Security Agency had a lot of ferret satellites up and circling the globe, including two monster Rhyolite-types in geosynchronous orbit over the equator, and all were tuned to Chinese military and government channels.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • Rhyolite had been originally designed to eavesdrop on Soviet electronic emissions, telemetry from missile tests, side-lobes from air-defense radars, scatterings from microwave towers, even for signals from spy devices dropped off by CIA officers and agents at sensitive locations.

    Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

  • The plate, made of gold foil, designated the prime contractor as TRW, and the name of the satellite as Rhyolite-J.

    Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

  • Rhyolite — A dense, fine-grained, light-colored volcanic rock, constituting

    Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937

  • I began my tour just outside the park's eastern border, in the long-abandoned town of Rhyolite, Nev.

    NYT > Home Page By JESSE McKINLEY 2011

  • There are signs of more recent activity in Rhyolite.

    NYT > Home Page By JESSE McKINLEY 2011

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