Brian Perttu
@pyrolithic.bsky.social
One more social media platform for me to neglect
Geologist | Volcanologist
Lahar hazards
He/Him
Geologist | Volcanologist
Lahar hazards
He/Him
Ruapehu was fully out on the flight back to Palmy yesterday.
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Ruapehu was fully out on the flight back to Palmy yesterday.
Someone left some pages of The Library of Babel at Borges' grave.
July 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Someone left some pages of The Library of Babel at Borges' grave.
@infrasound.bsky.social gave a great talk on PDC generated infrasound! I might be biased, but I think it was wonderful work ❤️ #IAVCEI2025 @iavcei.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
@infrasound.bsky.social gave a great talk on PDC generated infrasound! I might be biased, but I think it was wonderful work ❤️ #IAVCEI2025 @iavcei.bsky.social
forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz... #IAVCEI2025 Fellow volcanologists, if you use drones (or even intend to), please take a minute and fill out this survey.
Then and now: a post-workshop survey
It's been a little over two years since the inaugural "Lessons-Learned Community-Driven Workshop to Define Best Practices for Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) use in Volcanology" at IAVCEI 2023. Techno...
forms.gle
July 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz... #IAVCEI2025 Fellow volcanologists, if you use drones (or even intend to), please take a minute and fill out this survey.
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Loved (biased) @pyrolithic.bsky.social talk on lahar fingerprinting and the convergent development of a tool and the use of cross correlation matrix visualization we use in seismology! #IAVCEI2025
July 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Loved (biased) @pyrolithic.bsky.social talk on lahar fingerprinting and the convergent development of a tool and the use of cross correlation matrix visualization we use in seismology! #IAVCEI2025
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We're looking for volcano researchers who use drones to fill out a short(ish) survey on typical field practices and use of UAS. We'll present some preliminary results at IAVCEI in Geneva @iavcei.bsky.social next month.
Survey here: forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz...
Thank you!!!
Survey here: forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz...
Thank you!!!
Then and now: a post-workshop survey
It's been a little over two years since the inaugural "Lessons-Learned Community-Driven Workshop to Define Best Practices for Unoccupied Aerial Systems (UAS) use in Volcanology" at IAVCEI 2023. Techno...
forms.gle
June 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
We're looking for volcano researchers who use drones to fill out a short(ish) survey on typical field practices and use of UAS. We'll present some preliminary results at IAVCEI in Geneva @iavcei.bsky.social next month.
Survey here: forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz...
Thank you!!!
Survey here: forms.gle/TWLt2qq1XLZz...
Thank you!!!
Te Wai ā-moe, the sleeping waters, is the crater lake at the summit of Mt. Ruapehu, surrounded by (much diminished) glaciers on two sides, and a ridge of rock and tephra on the other 1.9.
March 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Te Wai ā-moe, the sleeping waters, is the crater lake at the summit of Mt. Ruapehu, surrounded by (much diminished) glaciers on two sides, and a ridge of rock and tephra on the other 1.9.
"This is what it must feel like to be a geophysicist"
There is nothing like seeing your study area in person. @pyrolithic.bsky.social had so many thoughts just eating lunch and staring at the lake he has been modelling recently.
March 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"This is what it must feel like to be a geophysicist"
The Vivienne Westwood exhibition at Te Papa is amazing from the design right down to the materials. Those are some gorgeous aragonite clusters.
February 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Vivienne Westwood exhibition at Te Papa is amazing from the design right down to the materials. Those are some gorgeous aragonite clusters.
LinkedIn: "Based on your position in the New Zealand Army, here are openings in the Singapore Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force"
November 25, 2024 at 10:11 PM
LinkedIn: "Based on your position in the New Zealand Army, here are openings in the Singapore Armed Forces and the Royal Canadian Air Force"
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Always love sharing this story.
Soon, the "efficiency bros" will target science/research they think isn't adding value. Truth is, we don't know the value until it’s revealed - often years later.
Another great example: radio astronomy research on tiny black holes led to Wi-Fi for billions of ppl!
Soon, the "efficiency bros" will target science/research they think isn't adding value. Truth is, we don't know the value until it’s revealed - often years later.
Another great example: radio astronomy research on tiny black holes led to Wi-Fi for billions of ppl!
And a friendly reminder of why Govt’s should invest in science research, even for the purpose of science, curiosity and discovery?
PCR tests helped billions of people this pandemic and are here because scientists studied extremophiles in the Yellowstone hot springs.
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
PCR tests helped billions of people this pandemic and are here because scientists studied extremophiles in the Yellowstone hot springs.
www.usgs.gov/observatorie...
November 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Always love sharing this story.
Soon, the "efficiency bros" will target science/research they think isn't adding value. Truth is, we don't know the value until it’s revealed - often years later.
Another great example: radio astronomy research on tiny black holes led to Wi-Fi for billions of ppl!
Soon, the "efficiency bros" will target science/research they think isn't adding value. Truth is, we don't know the value until it’s revealed - often years later.
Another great example: radio astronomy research on tiny black holes led to Wi-Fi for billions of ppl!
Reposted by Brian Perttu
Reposted by Brian Perttu
Why's an astrophysicist riffing on Pre-Cambrian geology and geophysics without talking to a single geoscienist?
Quick skim shows a number of factual errors....
Quick skim shows a number of factual errors....
The key to complex life might be hiding miles below our feet, Adam Frank writes: theatln.tc/oRKSL8cq
November 13, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Why's an astrophysicist riffing on Pre-Cambrian geology and geophysics without talking to a single geoscienist?
Quick skim shows a number of factual errors....
Quick skim shows a number of factual errors....
I can no longer make fun of @infrasound.bsky.social for mixing up onsen and Unzen. Up until last week I thought Ottolenghi was just a variant name for Oldoinyo Lengai that people used when talking about regional dishes
January 3, 2024 at 1:24 AM
I can no longer make fun of @infrasound.bsky.social for mixing up onsen and Unzen. Up until last week I thought Ottolenghi was just a variant name for Oldoinyo Lengai that people used when talking about regional dishes
Coming back into New Zealand I flew over the source of all my field studies, Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake, Te Wai ā-moe
The goal is to get closer this summer
The goal is to get closer this summer
December 29, 2023 at 3:55 AM
Coming back into New Zealand I flew over the source of all my field studies, Mt Ruapehu's Crater Lake, Te Wai ā-moe
The goal is to get closer this summer
The goal is to get closer this summer
I'm finally reading Children of Time and enjoying it. I want to compare it to the Uplift books, but there's a much narrower focus and sense of urgency here.
October 31, 2023 at 2:27 AM
I'm finally reading Children of Time and enjoying it. I want to compare it to the Uplift books, but there's a much narrower focus and sense of urgency here.