Pete Rowley
@pyroclasticpete.bsky.social
Volcanologist at University of Bristol specialising in explosive eruptions, pyroclastic density currents, and hazards. Occasional brewer, baker and blacksmith. Runs UGUK Earth science teaching resource portal https://earth-science.org.uk/teach-earth
Pile of notebooks as evidence
October 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Pile of notebooks as evidence
If cats are liquid this must be some kind of pitch-drop experiment
June 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If cats are liquid this must be some kind of pitch-drop experiment
Gneiss geology up here.
April 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Gneiss geology up here.
Whale (?) breaching in the Clyde this afternoon. Think it might be a Minke? Blew a water spout first then breached about a dozen times around the same place.
March 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Whale (?) breaching in the Clyde this afternoon. Think it might be a Minke? Blew a water spout first then breached about a dozen times around the same place.
8.30 pm. This is a trap. Any attempt to stroke floof will result in teeth and 4 sets claws being embedded in your hand. This is not to be confused with 7 am floof which must be stroked immediately to avoid loud meowing.
February 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
8.30 pm. This is a trap. Any attempt to stroke floof will result in teeth and 4 sets claws being embedded in your hand. This is not to be confused with 7 am floof which must be stroked immediately to avoid loud meowing.
Months of knocking shit off the mantle piece finally clears enough ground to just lie there and absorb heat from the fire
January 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Months of knocking shit off the mantle piece finally clears enough ground to just lie there and absorb heat from the fire
Had a walk out at Stockholm woods near Priddy. Plenty of ice and snow still on the ground and some particularly pretty light through the trees
January 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Had a walk out at Stockholm woods near Priddy. Plenty of ice and snow still on the ground and some particularly pretty light through the trees
Went to see the starlings at Ham Wall this evening. Always impressive (as long as you luck out and go to the right place...)
January 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Went to see the starlings at Ham Wall this evening. Always impressive (as long as you luck out and go to the right place...)
December 30th 2024.
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
Marcus Aurelius
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
Marcus Aurelius
December 30, 2024 at 9:20 AM
December 30th 2024.
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
Marcus Aurelius
Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.
Marcus Aurelius
Hoomans, stop going out. Demand strokes now.
December 27, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Hoomans, stop going out. Demand strokes now.
Piles the Christmas penguin is out for his 20th birthday. Stanley is apparently delighted.
December 16, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Piles the Christmas penguin is out for his 20th birthday. Stanley is apparently delighted.
Stanley insists that the floof must be stroked before anyone is allowed to move on with their day. Trills are provided as encouragement.
November 30, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Stanley insists that the floof must be stroked before anyone is allowed to move on with their day. Trills are provided as encouragement.
Proper fat snow outside my office
November 19, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Proper fat snow outside my office
All go in Somerset
October 10, 2024 at 9:14 PM
All go in Somerset
Which joker thought a yellow boardmarker was a good idea?
May 25, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Which joker thought a yellow boardmarker was a good idea?
Aurora above our back garden. Not bad for Somerset.
May 10, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Aurora above our back garden. Not bad for Somerset.
What I love is when the very passive and mild phrasing used by the BBC results in things like this. How to make him sound like someone not entirely of full faculty...
February 24, 2024 at 9:15 AM
What I love is when the very passive and mild phrasing used by the BBC results in things like this. How to make him sound like someone not entirely of full faculty...
He bloody loves getting into a weighted blanket
February 3, 2024 at 9:42 PM
He bloody loves getting into a weighted blanket
Beautiful morning up in the Mendips. Levels are having a foggy one though.
December 2, 2023 at 11:01 AM
Beautiful morning up in the Mendips. Levels are having a foggy one though.
Urgent Friday cat update.
November 10, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Urgent Friday cat update.
Stanley is unimpressed with my current focus of attention.
October 6, 2023 at 8:33 AM
Stanley is unimpressed with my current focus of attention.
