It doesn’t matter how you dress! Or does it? So I’m a white middle-class guy, which makes me pretty privileged as it is. Please feel free to check yourself on the Male Privilige Checklist. And I have had a lot of learning to do when it comes to sexism and feminism (and I still do). […]
Tag Archives: geology
In case you needed proof
Today’s TGIF post is a comic from Unearthed Comics and a good one for all the paleontology or unicorn enthusiasts that happen to come here from time to time. “”End the ridicule” by Unearthed Comics CC-BY-NC-ND ###Pretty good preservation, eh? On a personal note: Unfortunately my internet is broken and my provider asks me to […]
In Rough Seas
Heligoland is an island off the coast of Nothern Germany. This island has already had a turbulent history before man set foot on this island of red sandstone. But its position in the North Sea, between Germany and the UK, also has made this island subject to territorial quarrels and military interest. This interest has […]
Moh’s Scale updated
When it comes to minerals, they have certain properties. One property is the hardness. Back in the day German mineralogist Friedrich Mohs had the idea to introduce Moh’s Scale, where you basically take two minerals and have a look which one can put scratches into the other. This scale has ten levels from extremely soft […]
Beasties of fur and of feather
Our world long ago with lands joined together when first appeared beasties of fur and of feather. Artistic view on the life in the Triassic period by Richard Morden. Get it here! (All copyright belongs to him!) This artistic map shows the supercontinent Pangaea and the Tethys ocean. It’s a surprisingly accurate depiction where the […]
A Global Lithological Map
It’s colorful, it’s huge and it’s a hundred times more detailed than its predecessors. <span class=”removed_link” title=”http://www.vis.klimacampus.de/2270.html&amp;L=1″>http://www.vis.klimacampus.de/2270.html?&amp;L=1</span> It’s a new lithological map of the worldHartmann, J., & Moosdorf, N. (2012). The new global lithological map database GLiM: A representation of rock properties at the Earth surface Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 13 DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004370. The map is […]
Fractal Art at the Yukon River Delta [Landsat Week]
Today's Landsat week post brings to you: art! I really don't know how to better describe this wonderful picture. But I will do my very best to try. While on first sight this could be many things, even biologically grown structures, this shows a river delta. To be exact it's the Yukon River Delta in […]
Erg Iguidi [Landsat Week]
Today’s Landsat post leads us to Algeria. The yellow streaks crossing this picture show us Erg Iguidi. This erg is part of the Sahara. If you direct your view on the fascinating background, you can distinguish between black sandstone in the middle and sand plains as seen on the lower left. Take a really close […]
Awesome thin-sections
When looking at rocks, we have one obvious problem. Most rocks are rather opaque. So when you want to analyze you can forget about that lumpy old microscope… But geologists have known a trick since 1858. It’s called a thin-section. You cut down your sample to a mere thickness of 30 micrometer, which is comparable […]
Geology needs to be done consciously
We love the earth and maybe some get inspired to go out and look at some awesome geology.?It’s great to look at some formations and maybe take something with home but there is quite a problem with geovandalism. Look at the picture. Without all those drill holes it would be a very neat formation. But […]
