Grant’s Hammer
@shimer.bsky.social
He/Him #Geology geologist somewhere in Utah. Will occasionally post dogs, rocks, and various other nature things, but mostly here to see what else is going on and learn cool new things/keep up with the horrors of authoritarian destruction.
#FossilFriday Late Triassic Chinle Formation coprolite. You can see the spiral pattern in at least one of the images. No wolf hair or credit card fragments…
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
#FossilFriday Late Triassic Chinle Formation coprolite. You can see the spiral pattern in at least one of the images. No wolf hair or credit card fragments…
iOS night mode camera, on the other hand, exaggerates but looks awesome. This is less than 50 north of the Arizona border, as the raven flies, so it’s probably visible in northern AZ and NM. Probably Vegas if not for Vegas. #NorthernLights #Utah
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
iOS night mode camera, on the other hand, exaggerates but looks awesome. This is less than 50 north of the Arizona border, as the raven flies, so it’s probably visible in northern AZ and NM. Probably Vegas if not for Vegas. #NorthernLights #Utah
38°38” N. Video slightly undersells how vivid it is this far south. #AuroraBorealis
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
38°38” N. Video slightly undersells how vivid it is this far south. #AuroraBorealis
Regarding the general vibes of 2025.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Regarding the general vibes of 2025.
A Joshua “tree” at sunset.
October 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A Joshua “tree” at sunset.
Close ups of Precambrian metamorphic and igneous textures from some rocks in the campsite
October 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Close ups of Precambrian metamorphic and igneous textures from some rocks in the campsite
A variety of welded tuffs as clasts. Oligicene-Miocene ages.
October 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A variety of welded tuffs as clasts. Oligicene-Miocene ages.
Fossil corals and other bits, unknown Paleozoic age.
October 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Fossil corals and other bits, unknown Paleozoic age.
#Triassic plant (?) #fossils from the Chinle Formation, found in a talus slope full of boulders from the Shinarump Member. I don’t recognize anything, but I’m no paleobotanist. #Paleontology
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#Triassic plant (?) #fossils from the Chinle Formation, found in a talus slope full of boulders from the Shinarump Member. I don’t recognize anything, but I’m no paleobotanist. #Paleontology
@adobe.com has so enshittified their software that Photoshop can’t even complete my “request” to close the program. To Task Manager I go!
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@adobe.com has so enshittified their software that Photoshop can’t even complete my “request” to close the program. To Task Manager I go!
Some iPhone dark sky images from southern Utah. Remarkable for a phone camera, even more spectacular in person.
September 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Some iPhone dark sky images from southern Utah. Remarkable for a phone camera, even more spectacular in person.
desert summer monsoon rain, better late than never. waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site...
September 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
desert summer monsoon rain, better late than never. waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site...
Not very impressed with these Yokohama Geolandars, in terms of durability. Seems like a minor amount of damage to cause a leak (were inflated within 1-2 psi of spec before leak). Should be a quick patch, but when it comes time for new tires I’m almost certainly choosing something else.
August 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Not very impressed with these Yokohama Geolandars, in terms of durability. Seems like a minor amount of damage to cause a leak (were inflated within 1-2 psi of spec before leak). Should be a quick patch, but when it comes time for new tires I’m almost certainly choosing something else.
Got a tire puncture today and could hear the hissing (stopped to reinflate and head home before putting on the spare). Figured I’d try the old dish soap method to find the leak and it was a lot more obvious than I expected.
August 16, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Got a tire puncture today and could hear the hissing (stopped to reinflate and head home before putting on the spare). Figured I’d try the old dish soap method to find the leak and it was a lot more obvious than I expected.
The first one felt kind of empty.
July 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The first one felt kind of empty.
For (trace) #FossilFriday, an action shot of the team from the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site and some current and former #SUU students doing photogrammetry on Kayenta Formation #dinosaur tracks near Cedar City. Site originally noted by Tyler Knudsen of the Utah Geological Survey.
July 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For (trace) #FossilFriday, an action shot of the team from the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site and some current and former #SUU students doing photogrammetry on Kayenta Formation #dinosaur tracks near Cedar City. Site originally noted by Tyler Knudsen of the Utah Geological Survey.
Looks like they are doing loops down to Tempe north rim past Fredonia
July 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Looks like they are doing loops down to Tempe north rim past Fredonia
thetruesize.com has an excellent visualizer
July 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
thetruesize.com has an excellent visualizer
True size of Iran superimposed on USA’s similarly ultra right wing “religious” petrostate.
June 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
True size of Iran superimposed on USA’s similarly ultra right wing “religious” petrostate.
Plume of smoke from the Forsyth fire (Pine Valley, Utah) stretching 30-40 miles north across Iron County.
June 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Plume of smoke from the Forsyth fire (Pine Valley, Utah) stretching 30-40 miles north across Iron County.
Current smoke status (fire is 20-30 miles away)
June 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Current smoke status (fire is 20-30 miles away)
The nice thing about skipping the Oxford comma is that a bit of confusion is worth an occasional chuckle.
June 6, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The nice thing about skipping the Oxford comma is that a bit of confusion is worth an occasional chuckle.
Beetle time. I startled it at first so it went into stink posture.
May 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Beetle time. I startled it at first so it went into stink posture.