Dr. Lynne Elkins
@ljelkins.bsky.social
Volcanologist, petrologist, isotope geochemist, & geology instructor and researcher at West Chester U! I study the Earth using fieldwork, geochemistry, and computational modeling.
**Personal account, does not reflect employer positions.
**Personal account, does not reflect employer positions.
Glen Mills, PA at 9:35pm EST. Some light pollution, just a quick phone photo, but very visible with the naked eye. It had been brighter a couple minutes before this. Brightest to the NW.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Glen Mills, PA at 9:35pm EST. Some light pollution, just a quick phone photo, but very visible with the naked eye. It had been brighter a couple minutes before this. Brightest to the NW.
Update: the gluten free blend only made folds!
October 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Update: the gluten free blend only made folds!
101 lab experiment day!
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
101 lab experiment day!
Yeah. These charts almost always list 'obsidian' as the glassy material for everything OTHER than mafics. This one limits it even more, just to felsic lavas, and the others just... don't exist? (This is from the open geology textbook, which I generally like so far, but it is not unique to them!)
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yeah. These charts almost always list 'obsidian' as the glassy material for everything OTHER than mafics. This one limits it even more, just to felsic lavas, and the others just... don't exist? (This is from the open geology textbook, which I generally like so far, but it is not unique to them!)
We hired goats to help clean up the invasives on our new property! They were at our house for about 2 weeks of intensive eating. It was great and we loved them, can highly recommend!
August 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We hired goats to help clean up the invasives on our new property! They were at our house for about 2 weeks of intensive eating. It was great and we loved them, can highly recommend!
Delighted to report that we have hired a herd of goats to eat invasive and noxious weeds from our farm property! They are hilarious and I love them.
August 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Delighted to report that we have hired a herd of goats to eat invasive and noxious weeds from our farm property! They are hilarious and I love them.
Non-political post: After a truckload driven by professional movers and 4 cross-country drives (with just one more drive pending), we are finally settling into our farm property. Cutting lots of grass, installing new garden beds, getting our troublemaking dogs adjusted to a new house and routine.
July 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Non-political post: After a truckload driven by professional movers and 4 cross-country drives (with just one more drive pending), we are finally settling into our farm property. Cutting lots of grass, installing new garden beds, getting our troublemaking dogs adjusted to a new house and routine.
I know this is very trivial, but after endless special diets and treatments and testing ordeals since last fall, we have determined that Penny is definitively allergic to peanuts. We may have solved the mystery! Here’s hoping for fewer ear infections and less nonstop yelling in the near future.
June 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I know this is very trivial, but after endless special diets and treatments and testing ordeals since last fall, we have determined that Penny is definitively allergic to peanuts. We may have solved the mystery! Here’s hoping for fewer ear infections and less nonstop yelling in the near future.
I know everything is terrible (and I've also barely been online for personal reasons, not least driving cross-country with a trailer and bonkers dogs), but we just bought a small farm outside of Philly, and despite the world being awful I'm pretty delighted about this personal development.
May 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I know everything is terrible (and I've also barely been online for personal reasons, not least driving cross-country with a trailer and bonkers dogs), but we just bought a small farm outside of Philly, and despite the world being awful I'm pretty delighted about this personal development.
FYI- I just received this email from the NSF division administering my current award. They are asking PIs to submit reports immediately (or early) so they can process award actions quickly "when [they] are able" due to a "time crunch."
May 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
FYI- I just received this email from the NSF division administering my current award. They are asking PIs to submit reports immediately (or early) so they can process award actions quickly "when [they] are able" due to a "time crunch."
Just got back from my last trip to Morton, MN for probably a long while, possibly ever. Some most excellent rocks (whether or not they’re truly the oldest hereabouts!).
April 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Just got back from my last trip to Morton, MN for probably a long while, possibly ever. Some most excellent rocks (whether or not they’re truly the oldest hereabouts!).
Kilauea is helping with this task today! And so is Penny, who is normal dog
April 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Kilauea is helping with this task today! And so is Penny, who is normal dog
April 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This place is just nonstop doom these days, but it is my dog's first birthday today!! Here she is, engaging in one of her favorite activities: watching squirrel tv.
April 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This place is just nonstop doom these days, but it is my dog's first birthday today!! Here she is, engaging in one of her favorite activities: watching squirrel tv.
Supposed to be flying out from Lincoln to go shop for a new house today, but Nebraska sure is letting me know it doesn’t want me to leave… what a bizarre storm
March 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Supposed to be flying out from Lincoln to go shop for a new house today, but Nebraska sure is letting me know it doesn’t want me to leave… what a bizarre storm
Yes, it's Jan Mayen Island! It's very pretty. I have seen it from a ship!
March 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yes, it's Jan Mayen Island! It's very pretty. I have seen it from a ship!
My spouse then fed relevant keywords into AI and generated this…
February 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
My spouse then fed relevant keywords into AI and generated this…
A poodle in the snow
February 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A poodle in the snow
Hm, did it possibly dry out too much while you were working with it? I made pasta (gluten-free, too!) with a hand crank for a while, and it was absurdly messy and fun but the pasta quality was only ever okay.
But now I have this, and it's _awesome_. I'm never going back.
But now I have this, and it's _awesome_. I'm never going back.
January 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hm, did it possibly dry out too much while you were working with it? I made pasta (gluten-free, too!) with a hand crank for a while, and it was absurdly messy and fun but the pasta quality was only ever okay.
But now I have this, and it's _awesome_. I'm never going back.
But now I have this, and it's _awesome_. I'm never going back.
Still frozen, but tonight a screech owl friend found our sunroom and hung around outside! No parakeet snacks permitted, but still an excellent bird friend.
January 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Still frozen, but tonight a screech owl friend found our sunroom and hung around outside! No parakeet snacks permitted, but still an excellent bird friend.
We’ve had our menorah and our Christmas tree, and duck fat latkes with homemade applesauce for dinner. Holiday observances complete!
I guess now it’s back to work for real.
I guess now it’s back to work for real.
January 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We’ve had our menorah and our Christmas tree, and duck fat latkes with homemade applesauce for dinner. Holiday observances complete!
I guess now it’s back to work for real.
I guess now it’s back to work for real.
New Year's Day activity: test out the Christmas present! More trials necessary, but a good start.
January 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New Year's Day activity: test out the Christmas present! More trials necessary, but a good start.
Sounds about right
January 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Sounds about right