{"id":4850,"date":"2010-12-28T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-28T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/?p=4850"},"modified":"2010-12-24T19:31:29","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T00:31:29","slug":"chriss-travels-in-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/highlyallochthonous\/2010\/12\/chriss-travels-in-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris’s travels in 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/span>It’s travel meme time! Following the example Silver Fox<\/a>, Garry Hayes<\/a>, Callan Bentley<\/a> and Jess Ball<\/a>, here’s a summary of my travels this year. If nothing else, it’s a good chance to (re)post pretty photos.<\/p>\n

In January<\/b>, a trip to the US<\/a> saw me spending a few days in chilly New York City before heading to North Carolina for the ScienceOnline 2009 conference, and a day trip into the foothills of the Appalachians.
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New York from the Empire State Building. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2010<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Caesar's Head, North Carolina. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

In February, my travels were limited and distinctly ungeological in nature, although I did end up in the birthplace of the world-famous Melton Mowbray pork pie<\/a> – with predictable (if unphotographed) results.<\/p>\n

March<\/b> saw me hunting plunging folds and baby geology students<\/a> from the cliffs south of St Andrews.<\/p>\n

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Plunging Paleozoic Folds near St Andrews, Scotland. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

In April<\/b>, I was fortunate not to be travelling to far during the rather disruptive eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajoekull<\/a>, although I did hike up Arthur’s Seat one evening to take some pictures of the ash-enhanced sunset<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A volcanic sunset from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

In May<\/b> I stayed mostly in Edinburgh, but this did include a walk in the Pentland hills<\/a> just south of the city – one of my favourite places for an afternoon wander.<\/p>\n

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Pentland Hills near Edinburgh. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

June<\/b> was my big trip to Yellowstone<\/a> and the Grand Tetons<\/a>: a geological wonderland of mountains and geysers.<\/p>\n

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The central part of the Grand Teton Range. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

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Plume Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

July<\/b> I was visited by my co-blogger Anne, and together we explored the geology of Edinburgh Castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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My co-blogger Anne on the basaltic foundations of Edinburgh Castle. Photo: Anne Jefferson, 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

August<\/b> I ventured to the whisky-soaked Island of Islay, also hope to some impressive 6-700 million year-old glacial deposits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Boulder in the Port Askaig Formation, with Chris for scale<\/p><\/div>\n

September<\/b> saw me visiting Boston for a conference – although I did take the time to walk some of the Freedom Trail<\/a>, trying to avoid making snide comments in the accent of the evil English occupiers.<\/p>\n

October<\/b> was spent encamped in my lab, as I attempted to tidy up all of my loose research ends before\u2026<\/p>\n

November<\/b>, when I made the move across the Atlantic to Chicago, to start a new post-doc. It’s very flat here<\/a> – unless you count downtown, of course.<\/p>\n

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Downtown Chicago. Photo: Chris Rowan, 2010.<\/p><\/div>\n

I had barely settled in before December<\/b>, and the AGU Fall conference, came around, and I was off to San Francisco!<\/p>\n

All in all, it’s been a pretty busy year for this blogger. Perhaps it’s a good thing for my wallet, my body clock, and my carbon footprint that – for the moment at least – next year is looking a bit more sedate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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