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Geo 365: August 26, Day 238: Harlan Road Rampart 27 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am
Another panorama of "The Wall," with a car for scale. This is a popular local climbing spot, and you can see chalk marks on favored hand-holds. (You can see options for viewing sizes by right-clicking...
Sunday Funnies: Fistbump Edition 26 Aug 2013 | 03:15 am
Funny to Me Blackadder Sober in a Nightclub Bizarro "When I prep a space for RNA work" What Should We Call Grad School? ChannelAte Bits and Pieces Tastefully Offensive Wondermark Steak Smooth...
Geo 365: August 25, Day 237: All in All, Another Look at The Wall 25 Aug 2013 | 11:31 pm
From the May trip with Dana, this is the feature that locals call "The Wall." It really is an imposing feature: tall, vertical, and harder than Tyee sandstone normally is. It's also quite linear- the ...
Geoblog Resources for Geology Undergrads: An Addendum 25 Aug 2013 | 06:59 am
I realized that I should have posted an argument for just why geology undergrads should be trying to find time to read geoblogs in yesterday's post. There are a lot of reasons. Interest: Most geologi...
Geo 365: August 24, Day 236: Where the Water Goes 24 Aug 2013 | 10:29 pm
In the younger portions of the High Cascades, it is becoming apparent to me that surface drainages- that is, streams- are relatively rare. In the younger, rubbly lava flows and tephra falls, the water...
Geoblog Resources for Geology Undergrads 24 Aug 2013 | 02:45 am
I promised this to a student who was along on the trip to Sand Mountain a couple of weeks ago, and I've been kind of tangled up thinking about what criteria to employ. I'm still not entirely settled, ...
Geo 365: August 23, Day 235: Nash Crater and Mt. Washington 23 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
Looking about SSE from the excavated rim of Little Nash Crater we see Nash Crater and the eroded peak of Mount Washington poking over the Cascade Crest. Nash is the next cinder cone south in this eeri...
Geo 365: August 22, Day 234: Breadcrust Bombs and Beyond 22 Aug 2013 | 11:49 pm
With a sturdy four-wheel drive vehicle, you can drive right to the rim of the excavation at Little Nash Crater, which is where this and yesterday's photos were taken. In this one, you can see a nice b...
Geo 365: August 21, Day 233: Little Nash Crater 22 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
How's that for some vivid color? On the drive back toward the Upper McKenzie basin, we stopped just past Santiam Junction (Where Route 22 merges with 20), at Little Nash Crater. This is another cinder...
Geo 365: August 20, Day 232: Looking Back 20 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
Looking from the trailhead, back to the rim of Sand Mountain, the fire watch tower can be seen through the limbs of the trees. Also, you can see a little of the severe erosion from the previous day's ...
