Purple, pink and orange sunrise view behind trees
Night sky full of small stars behind a tree
Heron standing by a river
Me Scratching the chin of a black and white Belted Galloway heifer. A white Galloway trying to lick my hand
Best part of living in the sticks? This after a questionable day.
Good talking to @cenmag.bsky.social and @kvasquez.bsky.social about neurodivergence in STEM. Great article. My callout is to neurotypical folks to learn more so they can provide supports to students. #ActuallyAutistic
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XPL image at 5X with quarter wave plate added to highlight olivine’s. Olivine cumulate with intercumulus plagioclase from Isle of Rum, Scotland. Sub-rounded to elongate olivine’s arranged in stringy-sheets like boudins. Likely originates in olivine-rich cumulate layer. Red scale bar indicates 1mm size range.
XPL image at 5X objective. Gorgeous, rounded olivine > 1 mm width encased is deformed plagioclase network. Would love to see the EBSD map of this rock! Red scale bar indicates 1mm size range.
XPL image, at 5 x objective. Subparallel linear fabrics of olivine's and pyroxene's...likely opx given interference color and habit? Majority of rock dominated by subeqant plagioclase. Red scale bar indicates 1mm size range.
XPL image, 5X objective. Stunning example of poiokilitic texture showing oikocryst (pyroxene, Opx?) encasing olivine and plagioclase chadocrysts. Indicative of eutectic cooling. Red scale bar indicates 1mm size range.
For #thinsectionthursday: a hidden treasure!
While avoiding grading, I came across this series of rocks from Rum, Scotland I had no idea my dept. had. Absolutely stunning! I can’t get enough of the cumulate textures.
They were loaned to us by someone Oxford according to the labels. ⚒️🌋
Field work is a critical part of geoscience education and many careers. But traditional field camps don’t cater to students with disabilities. UF Geology’s Anita Marshall set out to change that with the GeoSPACE program, which you can now follow on 🦋
sites.google.com/ufl.edu/geos...
A group of students and faculty sit, stand and kneel on a red dirt path at night under the Milky Way.
Hi Blue Sky folks! We are a hybrid field course and mentoring program with a mission to make field science accessible and inclusive to everyone, especially folks with disabilities. Give us a follow for program updates, field pics, access tips and more. Here's us out stargazing during the 2024 camp.
Hey BlueSky👋 I’m Lauren
Can usually be found near cool rocks 🪨, in the mountains, with cows 🐮, or upside down🤸♀️
I’m also a drawer of thin-sections🌻😆
