SMALL MOUNTAIN LAKE WITH UNDERWATER SPRINGS. (by Serge Sabotovich)

Snoqualmie Falls, Twin Peaks, Washington 2019.

I miss doing microscope work. Can we make a thread of our favourite thin section? This is mine

Actinolite Schist

Me, just an unstoppable juggernaut of geology fun facts once I get started: And did you know that Frankenstein and Dracula were written during the year without a summer? A time when Ash from a big volcanic eruption covered much of Europe for the whole summer forcing it into a dark volcanic winter and so the Gothic Mood was influenced by a geological catastrophe at the time. Our art and culture are and have always been heavily influenced by the changes of the shifting rocks beneath our feet and the interplay of how we interact with and react to the world around us is fascinating.

I miss doing microscope work. Can we make a thread of our favourite thin section? This is mine

Actinolite Schist

One of my students left her salt water out over the 4 day weekend and these beautiful crystals formed.

A Stark Forest Of Standing Stones

The Pinnacles, a stark forest of standing stones on a plain of bright yellow sand.

Thousands of limestone pillars stand in groups in the silence of Western Australia’s south-west ‘Painted Desert’, part of the Nambung National Park. Nothing but the sighing and moaning of the wind breaks the eerie silence of the Pinnacles Desert. Any science fiction writer seeking a setting of a spinechiller need look no further than this alien spot, perhaps the inspiration of the blockbuster movie ‘Pitch Black’?

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Stomata as a Proxy for Atmospheric CO2 Levels

These strange, mouth-like structures are called stomata. Stomata are specialized pore structures found on plant leaves that permit the exchange of gases such as CO2, O2 and H2O, between the inside and outside of the leaf. They do so through the opening and closing of stomatal guard cells.

Plants convert visible light into sugars via the process of photosynthesis, which uses CO2 as a reactant. Along with light availability and temperature, CO2 is a limiting reactant of photosynthesis which means that the quantity of this compound controls the number of reactions that can take place.

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A Rose of Jericho three hours after being watered having nearly returned to is previous, alive, state!

The Rose of Jericho(Anastatica hierochuntica) is a species of resurrection plant. These plants are characterized by their ability to use Poikilohydric mechanisms which enable them to survive extreme dehydration for years at a time.