Thursday, October 31, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 31, Day 304: Otter Crest Loop Bridge

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There is a stream here, but it's tiny- you can see it running across the rock in the lower left middle foreground- and it's clear...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 30, Day 303: Basalt Terrace North

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Looking north from the same spot as yesterday's shot, on the far horizon to the right, another housing development is visible. I reite...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 29, Day 302: Basalt Terrace

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A mile or so north of Otter Rock, there is a shelf of elevated terrace developed on the Columbia River Basalt flows. This creates a nice f...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 28, Day 301: Another View from Otter Rock

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A panorama of three photos, taken in horizontal framing, and panned vertically. It's very similar in content to the May 12 photo : inv...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Sunday Funnies: Cultural Evolution Edition

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Pie Comic Bits and Pieces There, I Fixed It What Would Jack Do ? Are You Talking to Meme ? Fake Science Funny to Me A...

Geo 365: Oct. 27, Day 300: Otter Rock Clouds

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When we arrived at the pocket park on top of Otter Rock, the first thing that caught my attention was the clouds that were forming as the ...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 26, Day 299: Devils Punchbowl Terrace

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Here, as at Shore Acres , we see sandy- likely, beach- deposits over a flat terrace on Astoria Formation sediments. It's not obvious i...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 25, Day 298: Otter Rock From Devils Punchbowl

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After we left Hatfield Marine Science Center, we headed north to Devils Punchbowl, prior to driving up to Otter Rock - the high point in t...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 24, Day 297: Lava Shelf

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A rock younger than me... a first for this series, I think. I'm pretty sure we're looking at the lower side- that is, down-facing ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 23, Day 296: Abalone

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I hadn't been into the Hatfield Marine Science Center in years, and I was pretty impressed. I think abalones are grazers, crawling alo...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 22, Day 295: Inside the Dock

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Since the Tohoku tsunami dock was cut in to sections to facilitate removal, the section now displayed as a memorial to the victims of that...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Geo 365: Oct. 21, Day 294: The Dock

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The tsunami dock that floated across the Pacific Ocean following the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake has not lost its power to stop me in...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Sunday Funnies: French Kiss Edition

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Are You Talking to Meme ? IFLScience Surviving the World Tastefully Offensive Stivers Cartoons Sober in a Nightclub Da...