If I'm not mistaken, there's a part of the moon that has a field of obsidian (glass). What makes it special is that the colors vary so much, it's almost like a rainbow of obsidian (well, not the rainbow we think of- but lots of color!). Source: mineralogist. if anybody can find a link to it, please share.
Good schools in the northeast. Led by Connecticut, each of the top four states in our study is located in the northeast, and seven of the top ten are on the east coast. Most notable among these states was the high rate of college-attendance.
To determine how well states are managed, we examined their financial data, as well as the services they provide and their residentsâ standard of living. This year, North Dakota is the best-run state in the country for the second year in a row, while California is the worst-run for the third year in a row. Read: The Best and Worst Run States in America. Identifying appropriate criteria to compare the 50 states can be challenging because they vary so much.