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Pipelines Galore: The Keystone XL Controversy

Pipelines Galore: The Keystone XL Controversy

Day 367-”I got 365 problems but a Flickr ain’t one!” Image by Michael D. Dunn I’ve been on a Jay-Z kick for the past few days. "99 Problems" must always be played loud with the bass up! The proposed Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL Pipeline has become a political football. The Republican-led House of Representatives insists the...

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Magic Clouds In The Magic City!

Magic Clouds In The Magic City!

A pleasant afternoon in Toledo Image by CharlesFred Danny and myself These are Kelvin-Helmholtz waves over San Francisco (taken by Mila Zinkova). Check out the amazing display seen in Alabama on Friday below. Birmingham, Al. is known as the magic city and they had a cloud display yesterday that looked like magic as well! I...

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Thesis Defense!

Thesis Defense!

John Ferritto and Dave Rodriguez Break Up a Pass Image by Guy Fisher Baldwin-Wallace College defensive tackle John Ferritto and linebacker Dave Rodriguez break up a tipped pass against Mount Union College at Finnie Stadium on October 15, 1983. Today is my PhD thesis defense! Let me just note how weird it is to...

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Friday Geology Picture: Red, Red Las Vegas Rocks

Friday Geology Picture: Red, Red Las Vegas Rocks

Light of my life Image by …-Wink-… Just a random shot taken awhile ago on my walk back from the market. No star filters, just dumb @ss luck )) View Big On Black Music: Bittersweet – Heaven right click and open in new window/tab INVITES ARE GREAT, BUT PLEASE IN MODERATION All my public...

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AGU 2011: Days 4 & 5

AGU 2011: Days 4 & 5

Clonmacnoise Image by FabioCasadei As per the usual pattern of AGU blogging, I’ve been trying to get caught up with other things after returning from AGU, so naturally I’m only getting to writing about the meeting a week after it happened. I’d better finish this up at some point, so I’ll combine Thursday and...

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Thursday Geology Picture: Sandstone Statues in the Petra Siq

Thursday Geology Picture: Sandstone Statues in the Petra Siq

Three Greens Image by fs999 Pentax K-5 • 100 ISO • Soligor C/D Wide-Auto 20mm f:2.8 Remnants of ancient statues carved out of the sandstone walls of the Petra Siq, Jordan, August 2007. Geology picture-a-day week continues here at Georneys. Today’s geology picture comes from one of my favorite places on Earth: Petra, Jordan....

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Aligned tourmalines

Aligned tourmalines

The Apponale Tower – Riva del Garda – stunning views from the top of Riva Image by ell brown This is the Apponale Tower in Riva del Garda. It has nice views of the town. It has 165 steps (didn’t count them), but I went all the way up to the top of it....

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Wednesday Geology Picture: A Barbadian Coral Boulder

Wednesday Geology Picture: A Barbadian Coral Boulder

cigar aficionada Image by istolethetv king ludwig waitress and cigar enthusiast, king ludwig beer hall oktoberfest 2010, wan chai, hong kong. Please let me know if you see yourself in any of my pictures… or if you’d like to. Geology students investigating the underside of a large coral boulder, Barbados, June 2009. Geology picture-a-day...

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New landslide(s?) in Colombia – 15 people reported killed

New landslide(s?) in Colombia – 15 people reported killed

Flying the Flag Image by ** Lucky Cavey ** Over the last 18 months rains in Colombia have extracted a very high toll, with widespread landslides and floods.  Unfortunately, the start of the next rainy season appears to be continuing this pattern.  LAHT reports that: “At least 16 people may have been buried in...

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Slowing Down A Light Beam With A Camera That Shoots A Trillion Frames Per Second

Slowing Down A Light Beam With A Camera That Shoots A Trillion Frames Per Second

Mother Day,May 2009 Image by gardener41 A nonstick ovenliner. There is an amazing video out tonight on YouTube from the MIT Media Lab. They’ve developed a camera that can make an exposure of only two trillionths of a second! We all know light travels about 300,000 km each second, and that breaks down to...

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