Basalt Quotes

When we first touched down at Gusev Crater on the night of January 4, 2004, the Columbia Hills seemed impossibly far away. It was a necessary place for us to get to, though, because as we looked across the plains we quickly realized these plains were made of basaltic lava. This was stuff that was interesting but did not tell us what we really sought to know about Gusev Crater, and that is whether there had been water here. So in order to find something, in order to find something different, we had to make that mile-and-a-half drive. - Steve Squyres

This past year is the largest influx of investment capital I've seen in Carbondale. It's all pretty positive for the commercial sector of Carbondale's economy. We've seen this play out in Basalt, and Carbondale's been discovered. - Mark Wyman

This is really an unknown. I think in the league it's no question. It's Basalt. Usually, people would say, 'All right, the Vail Mountain School is going to be there and so on.' But again, there are so many questions as to how we are going to perform when we see opponents that I think it's more difficult than in years past to make predictions that we automatically fit in the second or third spot. - Bob Bandoni

There are other places that have basalt. But this is a well-known research lab that had good potential for scientific synergy. - David Beaty

The rocks in the Columbia Hills are nothing like the basalt on the plains... Water was involved in practically every one that we've seen so far. - Ray Arvidson

Mount Harris is of basaltic formation, but I could not observe any columnar regularity in it, although large blocks are exposed above the ground. The rock is extremely hard and sonorous. - Charles Sturt

It's a good thing in the right place. For a while there we thought it (the theater) would be located in Basalt. - Mark Chain

I was proud of our defensive effort in the second half. Luke played great, and I'm proud of his leadership. Basalt outplayed us for the first half, but games are won at the end. - Steve Ketchum