Phoenix magazine's article on the Earth fissure program run by AZGS titled "Cracking Up," has a couple of the best lines of the year:
Since 2007, Joe Cook has had his head up a crack somewhere in Maricopa County. It’s not a very sexy job, but then again, that’s the life of someone who studies Earth’s layers for a living.[right, Queen Creek "Y crack" fissure, 2005]