http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/NATURE News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56356048-78/museum-natural-utah-exhibit.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56356048-78/museum-natural-utah-exhibit.html.csp">Volcanos, hurricanes at Natural History Museum of Utah</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56356048#2013-05-23T23:07:15.907-06:00/MAI/sltrib56356048#2013-05-23T23:07:15.907-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Lindsay Whitehurst</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-23T23:07:15.907-06:00">Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Ten-year-old Brennan Phifer switched a couple levers and pressed a button. Suddenly, an enormous gray cloud exploded on the screen in front of him in a virtual volcanic eruption. “It’s spraying some magma out of the earth,” he said about the virtual disaster. “This is so awesome.” The station at the Natural History Museum of Utah allowed him to control the amount of gas and silica brewing in the volcano, showing him how each material affected the eruption. It’s part of the newly built museum’s...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56356048@www.sltrib.com Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:15 MDT