Grant’s Hammer
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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.
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
Looks like there are 10-20 7.0-7.9 quakes/year. So it’s certainly uncommon but not wildly unlikely to have two big quakes close in time but in very different places. Maybe it’s more common than we’d expected, similar to the birthday paradox. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
World - M7+ in 2025
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, responsible for monitoring, reporting, and researching earthquakes and earthquake hazards
earthquake.usgs.gov
October 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Looks like there are 10-20 7.0-7.9 quakes/year. So it’s certainly uncommon but not wildly unlikely to have two big quakes close in time but in very different places. Maybe it’s more common than we’d expected, similar to the birthday paradox. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Weird that the map misses all of the Basin and Range grabens that have thousands of feet of sediment, including plenty of Neogene deposits. But the overall idea is a crucial one for geologists and paleontologists to keep in mind!
October 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Weird that the map misses all of the Basin and Range grabens that have thousands of feet of sediment, including plenty of Neogene deposits. But the overall idea is a crucial one for geologists and paleontologists to keep in mind!
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.
The big negative is that the salary might make it hard to own a home in that community.
October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The big negative is that the salary might make it hard to own a home in that community.
Every time I try to use @adobe.com products in the last few years, after decades of using them and enjoying them:
a man says " you were the chosen one " in front of a burning fire
Alt: Obi Wan crying out " you were the chosen one " from one of the Star Wars
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Every time I try to use @adobe.com products in the last few years, after decades of using them and enjoying them:
Pittsburgh, Green Bay, and Boston will have to fight over the filming locations for my Fox made for TV movie script titled Ref Cop: Flags of Yardage and its sequel Ref Cop II: Holding on the Justice.
September 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Pittsburgh, Green Bay, and Boston will have to fight over the filming locations for my Fox made for TV movie script titled Ref Cop: Flags of Yardage and its sequel Ref Cop II: Holding on the Justice.
September 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM