erroranalysis:

Sichelchamm in Switzerland

I need to get on fieldwork soon. 

commanderspock:

seafarers

Lava Flow at Dawn by Tom Kualii

Igneous geochemistry: Because sometimes one screen of Excel just isn’t enough.

sophiyo:

Foula

autoentropy:

Lenticular Clouds over Mount Fuji

sapphire-eyes:

Sample prep for the XRF machine…

Photos as promised from my ecstatic post earlier about making magma :) 

Check out the video!! 

http://sapphire-eyes.tumblr.com/post/46560276775/creating-magma-in-lab-today-d-using-the

That’s all very high-tech! When we do it at RHUL, we just stick the powders in an oven for a bit then over a few bunsen burners. 

It’s very old-school but it makes you appreciate the heat needed to make ‘lava’.

just-breezy:

Iceland, Film / lucie777

beautyofskye:

The Cuillin Range, from Bla Bheinn by Tom ♠ on Flickr.

I NEED TO GET TO THE MOUNTAINS! 

jennaspearing:

The pride of all the rocks I collected in Victoria, especially because I found it on a beach myself. Chunk of rock pitted with red crystals. I don’t know what the minerals are but it’s a beautiful piece of geology.

Garnets! lots of beautiful garnets!