Sunday, June 16, 2013

Geo 365: June 16, Day 167: Dome and Flow

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Looking roughly southeast from the trail on the Big Obsidian Flow, the dome which I suspect more or less marks the vent where this mass er...
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Accretionary Wedge #57: Seeing Geology Everywhere!

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Evelyn is hosting AW # 57, Seeing Geology Everywhere . I see rocks. They're everywhere, in everything. And most of the time, people do...

Geo 365: June 15, Day 166: WOA, Indeed!

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Dana takes advantage of one of the benches on the trail on the Big Obsidian Flow to read an interpretive sign. Paulina Lake in the distanc...
Friday, June 14, 2013

Geo 365: June 14, Day 165: Solitary Sapling

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Yet another one of those astonishing pines... you walk by, and wonder how in heaven and earth these things hang on with absolutely nothing...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Geo 365: June 13, Day 164: Stunted Pine

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More or less at the high point of the loop trail on the Big Obsidian Flow, there's a bench with a nice view to the south and east, and...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Geo 365: June 12, Day 163: Bonsai

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A frequent Interzone visitor asked me to post a couple shots of the stunted trees on the Big Obsidian flow. My pleasure! Paulina Peak in t...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Geo 365: June 11, Day 162: Folded Foam

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One last bit of seriously folded pumiceous obsidian. I had never made the connection before going through these photos, but does seem as i...
Monday, June 10, 2013

Geo 365: June 10, Day 161: Flow Breccia

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Three distinct pumiceous blocks have apparently been welded together to form a single boulder. I can't think what else this would be c...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Sunday Funnies: Adulthood Edition

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What Would Jack Do ? Clay Bennett Bizarro Tastefully Offensive Surviving the World Pinterest Mark Stivers What Would ...
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Geo 365: June 9, Day 160: Glassy Taffy

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More deformed flow banding in the Big Obsidian Dome at Newberry Volcano National Monument, Oregon. The title on this one amused me, but it...

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Here was the overview of my visitation stats as of yesterday evening, right before I left: And here is the same plot as of this morning: ...
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Saturday, June 8, 2013

The Old Reader

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I don't remember when the news broke- I'm thinking early April, but not sure- that Google was shutting down its RSS service, Google ...

Saturd80's: The Who Sell Out Edition

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" The Who Sell Out " was released in 1967, and I don't think it came to my attention until the later of my high school years (...

Geo 365: June 8, Day 159: A Different Perspective

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The same flow banding as shown yesterday , from a different perspective. I think I was trying to get closer to the fold axes, but at the s...
Friday, June 7, 2013

Geo 365: June 7, Day 158: Contorted Flow Banding

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Contorted flow banding, as we saw yesterday, with relatively thin and sparse vitreous phase layers within the more dominant pumiceous phas...
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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Geo 365: June 6, Day 157: Squiggle

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So far, I've mainly emphasized that at the lower-pressure, cooler, near-surface of the flow, the obsidian seems to have deformed mostl...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Geo 365: June 5, Day 156: Walking on Broken Glass

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Dana appraises the landscape as we walk the loop trail on top of the Big Obsidian Flow. I have never had a good idea what causes those obv...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Geo 365: June 4, Day 155: Broken Glass

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A view of the margin of the path atop the Big Obsidian Flow at Newberry Volcano National Monument. Scale is not terribly obvious, but the ...
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Monday, June 3, 2013

Geo 365: June 3, Day 154: More "Pumice," Up Close

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Again, I take issue with calling this "pumice-" I'd prefer "pumiceous obsidian," but in this setting, it's a p...
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Sunday Funnies: Use as Directed Edition

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"Use as Directed" Bits and Pieces Funny to Me Cyanide and Happiness Wondermark AmazingSuperPowers Bits and Piec...