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Following on from the Twelve Geology Days of Christmas, this year we have a palaeontological version.On the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me, three Tribrachidium tripartitingtwo trilobites tasting,and a Cambrian
New discoveries on Nikumaroro Island in the southwest Pacific Ocean has researchers believing that Amelia Erhart and navigator, Fred Noonan, lived on the island after their last radio contacts. They disappeared during a 1937 attempt to make a [...]
Having celebrated the sand enthusiasts of the Netherlands in my previous post, it’s an appropriate time for a Dutch sand (again, thanks to Carla) – one that displays, with subtle understatement, some seasonal colours (although, given the current [...]
Today I’m delighted to be able to interview Mick Ellison. While some of the work here might be familiar, I suspect Mick as an artist is below many people’s radar. He himself might claim that his palaeo work is more in the realm of [...]
Oh, maybe not *that* good, but here at least are three specimens (and counterplates, so even 5 kinda), all originals, courtesy of my recent trip to Munich. More has been written on this dinosaur / bird I suspect than any other with the possible [...]
The American Geophysical Union Fall 2010 Meeting last week in San Francisco was like a giant, all-you-can-eat science buffet. No matter what flavor of the geosciences interests you — near-surface to core, earth to Mars, hard rock to water [...]
People often send me links to stories of the Indian cow that took to eating baby chickens. The story isn't at all new: it appeared in the press in March 2007, and at least one of the cow's lapses into carnivory was filmed. It's shown here (though [...]
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me, two trilobites, and a Cambrian
Geological Musing in the Taconic Mountains [2010-12-23 00:51:00]
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One of the topics of discussion at the recent Fine Gigapan Conference in November that Ron Schott and Callan Bentley was 'dream' layer images within a Gigapan interface that were taken under plain and polarized light. The current Gigapan interface [...]
After a few months of a period of stability in Eyjafjallajökull volcano after the eruption ended on the 28th of May 2010. There seems to be more instability starting again in Eyjafjallajökull volcano. This instability can so far only be … [...]