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Category Archives: photos
Scenic Saturday: OH, Snow!
I come from a country where winter snow is something more often seen in seasonal films and Christmas specials than actually on the ground; this is generally a good thing, as the merest dusting has the tendency to make the … Continue reading
Scenic Saturday: White Island before the spiny lava invasion
Last week, Erik drew my attention to this odd spiny lava dome spotted on New Zealand’s White Island. It is rather strikingly weird, like the country that brought us the Lord of the Rings had decided to now bring us … Continue reading
Earthly and Unearthly Beauty
NASA unveiled a couple of rather beautiful things at AGU last week – and despite actually being at the conference, I haven’t really had the time to sit back and appreciate them until now. The first was the ‘Black Marble’, … Continue reading
Scenic Saturday: a good place to map
As part of Earth Science Week, yesterday was geologic map day – a celebration of the importance of maps in geology. This had me waxing nostalgic about the weeks I spent teaching mapping in the Cantabrians of northwest Spain, before … Continue reading
Scenic Saturday: Cuyahoga River at Kent
A few scenes from a morning walk along the Cuyahoga River through downtown and just downstream of Kent, Ohio.
