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"bluebirds, bluegrass, blueschist, bluesky" Community college geology professor in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Pretty sweet hand sample of folded migmatite (3D model) sketchfab.com/3d-models/ti... ⚒️
This complexly deformed metasediment is from the Tia Complex, in the New England Orogen of NSW, Australia. The Tia Complex is a metamorphic complex and represents a deeper section of the New England ...
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Origin story for the jackalope?
Several rabbits hopping around Colorado, with black spikes on their heads, tentacles emerging from their mouths, and slug-like growths covering their eyes, have been infected with cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, prompting social media comparisons to nightmarish mutants.
The unsightly bunnies are infected with cottontail rabbit papillomavirus, which can cause growths that resemble warts or tentacles.
Call to sail as sci-com on the D/V Chikyu. 🧪⚒️
Call for Participation of Science Communicators in the following IODP3 Expeditions onboard the D/V Chikyu in 2025 Expedition 502E: Extended Monitoring and Resurveying of Japan Trench Borehole Observ...
Hey Science Communicators - We are looking for you - join us on an IODP³ Expedition this year #Scicomm #OceanDrilling
Cool faulted shale specimen (3D model): skfb.ly/6GuOz ⚒️
This varved shale specimen is from the Carboniferous forearc basin of the Southern New England Orogen of eastern Australia. Varved shales form in a glacial environment and each ‘varve’ re...
A DOGE kid gets beat up in DC and it’s DefCon1; hundreds of bullets into federal buildings with officer killed in Atlanta and it’s crickets; violent mob attacks Capitol wounding dozens of officers and it’s pardons for all.
Here are some results from my two meteor cameras from last evening 12th August 2025. These are stacked images of all captured meteors (mostly Perseids) 🔭🧪
The glacial lake outburst flood at Mendenhall is still just beginning and waters are already higher than last year's damaging peak. Depending on how quickly the lake drains, it could unfortunately be a record flood for Juneau. I hope residents have had the support they need to prepare and evacuate.
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, and officials on Tuesday urged residents in some parts of Juneau to evacuate ahead of what could be a record surge of floodwater downstream.
A huge basin of rainwater and snowmelt dammed by Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier has started to release, sending a potentially record surge of flooding toward parts of Juneau in what has become an annual concern for residents.
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
Are you using champagne yeast?
