Gould Mesa captured by Curiosity after driving away from Devil's Gate

#Mars Apr. 13, 2025 (Sol 4509)
Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

This is one of my favorite rocks.
Simi Hills near LA.
#geology #rocks #nature #California

#Geology prof Shawn Willsey discuses today's magnitude 5.2 #Earthquake east of San Diego, Calif.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2LznstSoBY

Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants.
-- Goethe

#Wisdom #Quotes #Goethe #TheMajority

#Photography #Panorama #Guangxi #China #LiRiver #LiJiang #TowerKarst #Geology

El cuarzo puede presentar muchos tipos de inclusiones, incluyendo otros minerales, líquidos o gases. En este caso se trata de petróleo. #geologia #geology

Cascadas y pozas del río Manzanares, sobre el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/bobfisherphoto/Photo/12994074/525730731

Magnitude 5.2 #Earthquake northeast of #SanDiego at about 10:08AM PDT today (April, 14, 2025). And a few miles south of the town of Julian, CA.

Shake! Shake! Shake your booty!

#Geology

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci40925991/executive

Aguas del río Manzanares por el color de las rocas, del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/bobfisherphoto/Photo/12994074/525730732

#PhotoOfTheDay is not Mars, it's Haleakala crater on Maui. It's such a great location for this and other amazing views, I consider it a "must see" when visiting Maui.

Cluster scientist spotlight!

Greg Carling, PhD Professor, Geological Sciences, #BrighamYoung University

What do you do day-to-day in your work?

"I spend most of my time teaching classes, meeting with students, and doing research. The research part includes field work to collect dust and water samples, lab work to analyze the samples, and data analysis."

Read some of Greg's work: https://bit.ly/49u0uqG

More scientist spotlights: https://bit.ly/4huMS0U

Study reveals ‘flawed argument’ in debate over when plate tectonics began | Live Science…

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research finds... #platetectonics #continentaldrift #geography #earthsciences #geology

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/study-reveals-flawed-argument-in-debate-over-when-plate-tectonics-began-live-science-2/

If you live in Oregon, like to hike, and are a nerd, this site's for you. Yet another reason I'd like to move to that state. #oregon #hike #hiking #scientist #science #naturalist #biology #geology #NaturalHistory https://trailscholar.com/

Who has this on their end of the world bingo card...

Scientists Revive Organism Found Buried at Bottom of Ocean

https://futurism.com/scientists-revive-organism-buried-ocean

Henry De la Beche, who died OTD in 1855, was the first director of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and the first President of the Palaeontographical Society https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/edinburgh/?s=mb #travel #geology #paleontology

M6.5 earthquake, Fiji, at 20.03 UTC on 13 April 2025. Recorded in Nottingham using 'slinky' school seismometer
#earthquake #geology
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000q5tp/executive?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=realtime