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Science Art: Map, Glen Tilt, Tayside, by James Hutton

24 July 2016 grant 0

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I’m not sure exactly what this is a map of (other than Glen Tilt, Tayside), because there’s not much information on the USGS page where I found it.

It’s got a lovely geometry,… Read the rest “Science Art: Map, Glen Tilt, Tayside, by James Hutton”

Science Art: Rhombic Dodecahedron, Figs. 44 and 45 from “Crystalline Forms,” G.F. Richardson, 1842

17 January 2016 grant 0

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This is a detail of a page from Geology for Beginners, comprising a familiar explanation of geology, and its associate sciences, an 1842 introduction to stones and mountains… Read the rest “Science Art: Rhombic Dodecahedron, Figs. 44 and 45 from “Crystalline Forms,” G.F. Richardson, 1842”

Science Art: Geology, by Brad Paisley

10 January 2016 grant 0

Yeah, this was just rebroadcast on Prairie Home Companion this weekend. But why not?

A pretty good country song that does everything you’d want a science song to do.

Science Art: Gate of Lodore, from the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.

18 October 2015 grant 0

from https://archive.org/details/reportongeologyo00geolrich

Behold the West.

This is the frontispiece to a scientific report, the Report on the geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and a region of country adjacent thereto – … Read the rest “Science Art: Gate of Lodore, from the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.”

SONG: “Kavachi”

24 July 2015 grant 0

SONG: “Kavachi”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE:Based on “Deep-Sea Cameras Reveal a ‘Sharkcano'”, National Geographic Explorers’ Journal, 9 July … Read the rest “SONG: “Kavachi””

The Big One is coming. Sorry, Seattle. And Portland.

13 July 2015 grant 0

The New Yorker paints a pretty vivid seismic picture of the quake that some scientists say is due to rip the Pacific Northwest in two:

Most people in the United States know just one fault line

… Read the rest “The Big One is coming. Sorry, Seattle. And Portland.”

Live sharks discovered inside a live volcano.

10 July 2015 grant 0

National Geographic reveals an ecosystem my 10-year-old son might have dreamed up. It’s all lava, acid and sharks. Inside the cauldron of Kavachi is a “sharkcano”… Read the rest “Live sharks discovered inside a live volcano.”

SONG: “How the Moon Began”

24 April 2015 grant 0

SONG: “How the Moon Began.”

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE:Based on “Puzzle of Moon’s origin resolved”, Nature, 8 April 2015, as used in the post “Scientists:… Read the rest “SONG: “How the Moon Began””

The phrase “human-induced seismic hazards” means “man-made earthquakes.” Thanks to oil mining…

21 April 2015 grant 0

Nature has more on the research into the aformentioned artificial earthquakes:

It’s the first thing that geologist Todd Halihan asks on a sunny spring afternoon at Oklahoma State University

… Read the rest “The phrase “human-induced seismic hazards” means “man-made earthquakes.” Thanks to oil mining…”

Science Art: Las Cascadas Slide (Section 6) from AB Nichols Notebook Vol. 38, 1910

19 April 2015 grant 0

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This is a handmade map from the construction of the Panama Canal, one of history’s greatest feats of engineering. Culebra Cut is where the project experienced massive… Read the rest “Science Art: Las Cascadas Slide (Section 6) from AB Nichols Notebook Vol. 38, 1910”

Scientists: The moon was formed when Earth smacked her twin sister.

8 April 2015 grant 0

Nature reports on a new way of looking at lunar formation that almost reads like a myth. The moon came to be when Earth collided with a near-identical sister planet:

The ‘giant impact’ hypothesis,

… Read the rest “Scientists: The moon was formed when Earth smacked her twin sister.”

Science Art: Age of Oceanic Crust, NOAA, modified by Rapture2018.

7 December 2014 grant 0

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This is how the the gooey inside becomes the crusty outside… oozing up from rifts.

Science Art: Phramgocone of Belemnitella, In Flint, 1851

12 October 2014 grant 0

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A “phragmocone” is a fancy word for a shell of a nautilus or ammonoid, and “Belemnitella” is a genus of belemnite, which is to say, a … Read the rest “Science Art: Phramgocone of Belemnitella, In Flint, 1851”

Antarctica has melted so much, it’s changing Earth’s gravitational profile.

6 October 2014 grant 0

Daily Beast has more on how 204 billion tons of melting glaciers have changed the way our planet’s gravity works:

Between 2009 and 2012, the years for which GOCE was taking data, the

… Read the rest “Antarctica has melted so much, it’s changing Earth’s gravitational profile.”

Science Art: Urban Expansion of Shenyang, China, 2014.

31 August 2014 grant 0


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This is a story of explosive growth, as told by the USGS Landsat satellite, and recorded in the Earth Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center “Image… Read the rest “Science Art: Urban Expansion of Shenyang, China, 2014.”

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