'Geology' Category
The scientific tourist #22 — Phoenix on Mars!
On Tuesdays I normally post a picture that I’ve taken myself — but in this case, it’s pretty obvious that the pictures I’ve taken just can’t compete. Here’s a small piece of one of the first images sent home from the recently arrived Phoenix lander, now hard at work in the martian arctic…
Casual Friday — Transitional Fossils videos
For today’s video viewing, I thought I’d pass along a couple of really good videos that I found on Afarensis (but which were previously highlighted by The Panda’s Thumb). Confused by what it means for something to be a “transitional fossil?” Watch these two (total run time of about 18 minutes), and you should have a good handle on things…
The scientific tourist #17 — King’s Palace
This week’s picture comes from Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico — it’s of one of the many interesting formations in a branch of the caverns called “Kings Palace”…
Carnivalia 3/19 - 25
The past week’s selection of blog carnival goodness…
The scientific tourist #11 — gypsum pedestals
This week’s “sciencey” tourist picture is of a gypsum pedestal in White Sands National Monument in New Mexico (USA)…
