Posts treating: "way home"
Friday, 22 April 2016
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2016-04-22 13:00:48]
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(218 visits) AT,US,SK,HU
The General Assembly is coming to an end, with only one full day left to go. Many of the participants will make their way home over the weekend, but if you’ve chosen to stay on for a little longer, then this list of cultural activities and things to do in Vienna might just be the ticket! Vienna Blues Spring Festival What’s on this weekend What better way to relax after a long week of exciting science than with a beer and some blues. Tap your feet to the beat with Vienna’s blues festival [...]
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [2015-07-03 06:15:18]
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(226 visits) US,GB
Brian Engh (bottom left, enthusing about the Ceratosaurus just off-screen) and I are recently returned to civilization after a stint of fieldwork in Utah. On the way home, we made a detour to Salt Lake to visit the new Natural History Museum of Utah. The NHMU is one of the nicest museums I’ve ever had
Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [2015-04-27 07:56:26]
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(98 visits) GB,US
A couple of weekends ago, London and I went camping and stargazing at Afton Canyon, a nice dark spot about 40 miles east of Barstow. On the way home, we took the exit off I-15 at Ghost Town Road, initially because we wanted to visit the old Calico Ghost Town. But then we saw big
GeoLog-The official blog of the European Geosciences Union [2015-04-16 16:28:24]
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(208 visits) GB,AT,FR,CN
The General Assembly is coming to an end, with only one full day left to go. Many of the participants will make their way home over the weekend, but if you’ve chosen to stay on for a little longer, then this list of cultural activities and things to do in Vienna might just be the ticket! Electric Spring Festival 2015 A fantastic, free, open-air music festival is taking place in Vienna’s Museumsquartier tonight (Thursday and Friday). Come and enjoy a vibrant mix of electronic music and [...]
En Koprolitos somos muy de celebrar las fiestas que nos imponen los centros comerciales y por ello queremos compartir esta bonita canción de Liz Buchanan. Liz, ha editado tres discos de música infantil y trabaja en colegios y bibliotecas enseñando literatura y ciencia a niños a través de sus canciones. En su álbum “Singing All the Way Home” editado en 2009, encontramos un tema llamado "Dinosaur Valentine", que viene que ni pintado para este día rebosante de amor. Ahí dejo un video [...]
Led by Professor Geoff Abers (speaking above), we organized the Workshop on the Future of the Amphibious Array which was held at Snowbird in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah--and which I remember well from early EarthScope meetings. The workshop charge was to make the case for further amphibious experiments (emphasizing the idea of crossing the shoreline). We need to articulate the case for integrated amphibious science. And, we were to evaluate the Cascadia experience. We were guided by the [...]
I admit I've taken artistic license, in that I took this picture of a busy hummingbird on the same day, but by the time I took the shot, I was two hundred miles north in the parking lot of a Black Bear Diner in Tulare, California on my way home. But it sure catches the eye, doesn't it?
We were in Southern California for the wedding of my god-daughter this last weekend (have a great
The Whidbey Island male elkImage credit: Sasha Castaneda Whidbey News Times hereOK, it's definitely a fluid dynamics problem to figure out how a lone elk can land our elk-less island. Don't get ants in your pants, this is not post about how humans got to Easter Island or about genetic evolution. It's just a story about one lonesome male elk. I live on an island. There are three ways to get here: (1) drive over a bridge; (2) take a ferry; or (3) swim. It's 100% unlikely that [...]
Fallen inukshuk. Shaded blue, just because.Well, it’s been a pretty interesting week! On Tuesday, we were planning to stay inside due to the rain when an impromptu school dig tour showed up. Luckily, the dig itself was fine and the shale was good and dry for excavation underneath the top layer, but when the kids tried to leave, the bus got stuck! This has happened in previous years, but it was the first time it had occurred on one of my tours. Thankfully, a farmer who lived nearby pulled the [...]
In Part I and II of this posting, we traveled from the put-in at Mineral Bottom through Stillwater Canyon and hiked on the Stovepipe Trail. Here in Part III, we arrive at the confluence of two great rivers - the Green and the Grand. (Before 1922, the upper part of the Colorado River was known as the Grand River. I just love the saying, "At the junction of the Green and the Grand" and so I plead for the state of Colorado to give up the mistaken notion that it's part of the river is "Colorado". [...]
I was listening to a NPR program on my way home from work tonight that discussed a local environmental contamination issue.The discussion centered on whether or not the industry practice is hurting the environment/the local residents. The residents say their drinking water is polluted and that the regulators are not paying enough attention, the industry rep says it's fine... an old
WATCH FOR ROCKS - Travels of a Sharp-Eyed Geologist [2011-11-07 02:23:54]
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(66 visits) Ordovician
Since finishing up my extraordinary summer season as a park ranger at Yellowstone I find I have a lot of free time bouncing around in my head. I also realize that here in southern Utah I am surrounded by truly amazing geology and nearly endless hiking opportunities. I love the desert! Still, there is that irresistible tendency to enjoy a daydream or two of past travels and future adventure possibilities… For some reason I have always been drawn to the Canadian Rockies, like a rose waiting to [...]