Bryce Canyon Was Just A Little Chilly. Mossy Cave Had Truly Blue Icicles. And I Loved These Snow Curls.

2020: Sequence of Little Blowhole operating. This blowhole was formed from a column dropping out in the Blow Hole Latite, the basal member of the Gerringong Volcanics (late Permian). 

yall we went to the most beautiful lake spring today. LOOK at this water 😭

Portraits of Kilauea Volcano by Jules Tavernier (1844-1889)

 Tavernier was a French painter who was fascinated by Hawaii’s awe-inspiring fiery volcanoes. To reach Kilauea in the 1800s, one would have to make a difficult 3 day journey by horseback. Despite this, Tavernier called the place “an artist’s paradise.”

Carboniferous flora impressions and casts from around Bukówka Lake near Lubawka. There are mostly Equisetales and Lepidodendrales to find here. Haven’t spotted any fern-like things so far.

This is the first fungus known to host complex algae inside its cells

In the lab, an alga and a fungus teamed up to exchange food, similar to lichens. But instead of staying outside, the alga moved into the fungal cells.

In a first, scientists have discovered that the marine algal species Nannochloropsis oceanica can live inside the fungus Mortierella elongata. The species formed a mutually beneficial relationship in a lab dish.    

the fact that we can map sedimentary units from space is really cool and also Mars is cool!

Villanueva State Park, New Mexico

An arch in tilted columnar basalt