doktrock

doktrock, 7 months ago to Minerals

Stibnite with arsenolite and quartz from Gondemar, Portugal; from the geodil online collection #Mincup23 #minerals

doktrock, 7 months ago to random

Native boys' remains returned to Dakotas from notorious boarding school - InForum | #NorthDakota #SouthDakota

https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/boys-remains-returned-to-dakotas-from-notorious-native-american-boarding-school-after-nearly-150-years

AkaSci, 8 months ago to random

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has released the capsule carrying pieces of the asteroid Bennu collected in 2020.

The capsule will enter Earth's atmosphere at 10:42 EDT for a parachute-assisted landing around 10:55 a.m. EDT in Utah.

Distance from earth at 8:00 a.m. EDT = 70,000 km.

OSIRIS-REx will sail past Earth for its next mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis.

NASA webcast begins at 10:00 EDT.

For more info, see https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/111111607473586887

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_osiris_rex_src
#OSIRISREX #Bennu
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doktrock, 8 months ago to Montana

Triceratops skull displayed at Makoshika State Park visitor center, eastern #Montana. The Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation is exposed here, along with the K-Pg #dinosaur extinction boundary and overlying Paleogene sediments #fossilfriday

GottaLaff, 8 months ago to climate

Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions

Majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are ‘likely junk’, according to analysis by Corporate Accountability and the Guardian #ClimateCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/19/do-carbon-credit-reduce-emissions-greenhouse-gases?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

doktrock, 8 months ago to random

#Quartz carved vase, Francesco Tortorino, Milan, 1550-75. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid #MinCup23

doktrock, 8 months ago to Geology

Fossils on display at Makoshika State Park visitor center, Glendive, eastern Montana, USA. The K-Pg (K/T) boundary between the Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation and the overlying Paleocene Fort Union Fm, which records the extinction of the #dinosaurs, is exposed here! #geology #paleontology #FossilFriday

A variety of dinosaur bones in a glass case, including a pubis, teeth, jaws.

vickyveritas, 8 months ago to random

Lost by that much (holds up thumb and index finger with tiny gap). It shows you how exciting and dynamic Mineral Cup can be. Good job everyone! #MinCup23

Results here: https://www.mineralcup.org/results/round-1-match-6

doktrock, 8 months ago to Geology

10 cm across sample of radiating needles of stibnite (antimony sulfide) in a fine grained stibnite matrix. Specimen from Manhattan, Nevada. Photo courtesy geodil.dperkins.org #geology #MinCup23

doktrock, 8 months ago to random

#Apatite is also a timelord ! Decaying uranium 238 creates fission tracks; the number in a crystal is used to measure the time since the formation of the apatite grain! #Mincup23

mike, 8 months ago to random

As Twitter self-immolates, I am seeing people I know setting up on Bluesky.

I find this perplexing. Can people really not learn the lesson that a social network owned by a capitalist is a social network they don't control?

You can argue about whether Bluesky or Mastodon has the better technology, but what's 100% clear is that Mastodon is run BY users FOR users. And that difference is the only one that matters in the end.

doktrock, 8 months ago to random

I typically stan #quartz for MinCup but this year I'm #TeamCinnabar #MinCup23 !

KimPerales, 8 months ago to random

Mourning Jacksonville needed a leader, they got #DeathSantis, a white elitist & supremacist: He pressured the Leg. last year to pass a congressional map *for the 1st time in decades, wiped out a Jacksonville dist. that allowed Black voters to elect the candidate of their choice🚨. It was those constituents he faced on Sun, coupled with their pain & outrage over the shooting. New Town +most of the city's maj. Black neighborhoods are now rep. by an R in Nassau Co. #GOPRacism https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/columns/nate-monroe/2023/08/28/nate-monroe-jacksonville-needed-a-leader-instead-it-got-ron-desantis/70700170007/

doktrock, 8 months ago to random

Doug #Burgum says he's not interested in being Vice President nor in a cabinet position | InForum | #NorthDakota

https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/after-debate-praise-doug-burgum-says-he-isnt-interested-in-being-trumps-vp

Sheril, 9 months ago to science

If the #science community truly wants to make our work more accessible to policymakers & the public + increase support for & trust in our research, we shouldn't publish our work behind ridiculously expensive paywalls that very few people can access.

doktrock, 9 months ago to Geology

Dry streambed ripples, western #NorthDakota #geology

doktrock, 9 months ago to art

Integrating #art and #science in research, engagement, and education #geology #geosciences | Eos

https://eos.org/opinions/why-and-how-to-engage-artists-in-science

doktrock, 9 months ago to random

Doorbells of Venice

doktrock, 9 months ago to Minneapolis

Banned Books exhibition at Traffic Zone Gallery, #Minneapolis, #Minnesota #MNastodon

Advert: Traffic Zone Gallery The Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art 250 3rd Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401 BANNED "Any book worth banning is a book worth reading." Isaac Asimov August 7 to September 8 Monday - Friday 9 AM - 5 PM or by appointment Reception August 12 • 6-7:30 PM An international exhibition inviting artists to consider the banned book. Harriet Bart Erica Spitzer Rasmussen Julie Baugnet Cathy Ryan Doug Beube CB Sherlock Vesna Kittelson Mickey Smith Steven McCarthy Elysa Voshell Jon Neuse Karen Wirth Free and open to the public
Table display with books and book fragments, stamped BANNED in red, and other info.
Dish of clear gelatin capsules filled with rolled up parts of printed paper. Erica Spitzer Rasmussen • EAT ME • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Mixed media with handmade paper (cotton, Thai unryu, matte medium, gelatin, excerpts from Lewis Carroll's book) • 2"H x 9.75'W x 9 .75*W • 2023 • $1,200

doktrock, 9 months ago to Minnesota

Yah, some Pretty Good Shopping up north #Minnesota #MNastodon

doktrock, 9 months ago to Minnesota

Ernie's on Gull Lake, central #Minnesota. Branzino, chicken meatball pasta, lakeside view #MNastodon

A tall cocktail glass branded "Ernie's" against a dock setting
A whole baked fish on a wooden platter with asparagus and herbs, also glass of lager beer
Sunset over a lake, dramatic clouds

doktrock, 9 months ago to Minnesota

Paul Bunyan state trail, north of Brainerd #Minnesota, once part of the Burlington Northern Railroad #MNastodon

doktrock, 9 months ago to Alaska

#Jökulhlaup 🇮🇸- Juneau’s worst glacial outburst flood destroys homes and displaces residents - #Alaska Public Media

https://alaskapublic.org/2023/08/07/juneaus-worst-glacial-outburst-flood-destroys-homes-and-displaces-residents/

doktrock, 9 months ago to random

The bike sculpture at Pringle, off the George S. Mickelson Trail, S of Custer, Black Hills, #SouthDakota. Started in the 1980s by a repair shop owner. You can walk inside it!

Closer view of hundreds of old bikes, arranged in a pile, showing a path through
Another closer view of hundreds of old bikes, arranged in a pile, showing a path through