The great basalt dike at Westkapelle had been started 500 years ago. The Germans had built pillboxes on it. Allied bombers had breached it. Commandos had poured through its gaps, in the wake of ...

Here, I am posing next to the elusive “Moby Dike”—the “white whale” of Columbia River flood basalt dikes. The dike is 9 m wide. What new experiences, opportunities, and collaborations did you gain as ...