More Geology Stuff
Posted: Wednesday, 11 April 2007 |
This is just a quick note to say thanks to all the students who took part in the recent geology night class at Argyll College. I hope you all got as much out of it as I did - it was great fun! Hopefully you all learned something as well.
Anyway, next trip is the Iona one on Saturday 14th. Here's hoping for good weather. According to the 91热爆 forecast, it shouldnt be too bad.
Actually, when it comes to forecasts, one of the best is Geoff Monk's Mountain Weather. www.mwis.org.uk It is aimed at walkers, climbers and skiers really, but it tends to be quite accurate and gives a good general forecast as well. Have a look.
Next geology trip will be to Scoor / Uisken / Ardalanish on the 28th. Exact itinerary is to be worked out yet.
So that's it. Thanks again and I'll see you soon.
In the meantime here are a few Ardtun pics:
Ardmeanach seen from Slochd an Uruisg - where the Leaf Beds are
Close up of columnar basalt, Ardtun
Basalt sea stack at Slochd an Uruisg, Ardtun
Anyway, next trip is the Iona one on Saturday 14th. Here's hoping for good weather. According to the 91热爆 forecast, it shouldnt be too bad.
Actually, when it comes to forecasts, one of the best is Geoff Monk's Mountain Weather. www.mwis.org.uk It is aimed at walkers, climbers and skiers really, but it tends to be quite accurate and gives a good general forecast as well. Have a look.
Next geology trip will be to Scoor / Uisken / Ardalanish on the 28th. Exact itinerary is to be worked out yet.
So that's it. Thanks again and I'll see you soon.
In the meantime here are a few Ardtun pics:
Ardmeanach seen from Slochd an Uruisg - where the Leaf Beds are
Close up of columnar basalt, Ardtun
Basalt sea stack at Slochd an Uruisg, Ardtun
Comments
As a former Geology major at the University of Alaska let me say: I LOVE THE PICS!! **Drool Drool Drool**
Michelle Therese from Things Go Moo in the Night
As a former A level Geology student and confessed Mullophile, I agree wholeheartedly with Michelle. There'll be drool everywhere at this rate.
Mrs Trellis from North Wales
Thanks for the comments you folks! Actually that was a great day - the light was nice so the rocks looked great! I actually have a lot more photographs of geological stuff and other Mull landscapes. I am in the process of getting them all scanned and tweaked so that I can upload them to my main geology site: www.mullgeology.com There isnt a lot of content there at the moment, but it is s-l-o-w-l-y taking shape. Got to the Galleries page and check out the "General views of Mull and Iona"
James (mountainman) from Tobermory, Mull
BBBEEEEUUUTTTTIIIIFFFUUULLLLL
carol from fromgivingdifferentreply
As a former everything ( except geology related, although I have seen many films, well one or two about geology or related to geology, should I capatalise Geology, or is that just for Geologist peoples ? ) I like the Basalt sea stack. I did learn a tiny bit about geology when doing research into the Apollo Moon Landings, for a person who writes books for a living. Jack ( Harrison ) Schmidt was the first Geologist to walk on the moon, Apollo 17, and the last to date. The Geology of the Apollo Program was only taken seriously after the introduction of a certain Prof. Silver and another chap of middle-eastern origin ( whose name escapes me, for the moment ) when they went out and did some " field-work" with the crew of Apollo 15. They changed the design of the Lunar Module, for the astronauts to have an over-view of their surroundings, by adding an open top style LM, a bit like a cabriolet version, and it was on that mission that they found the " Genesis Rock " ( or so it was called ) . It was very interesting for me to study the different techniques used by different geologists that were involved in the Apollo Program. And the way that the Apollo Program was turned into a more scientific based program, towards the end was of great interest to geologists. A series by HBO called From The Earth To The Moon, is very good on the geology part of the Apollo Program, which other films/series tend to just gloss over, but I better put the Anorak away again. Nice pics..
Tws from The Flatlands
Tws, that is very interesting about Apollo. As a kid growing up in the 60s Apollo was never far from the news. I studied geology at St Andrews - several members of the staff at St Andrews were involved in research into moon rock, esp people like Colin Donaldson, Robert Johnston and Harald Drever. Interestingly, these guys had all done extensive work in the Hebridean volcanic area which includes Mull, Rum, Skye . Drever and Johnston are both dead now, but Colin Donaldson is still at St Andrews - I met him just before Christmas on a trip to the old Alma Mater. These must have been heady days in the early 70s, working at the absolute cutting edge of science, both astronomy (another passion of mine) and geology. One of the things that really encouraged me to go to St Andrews was seeing a couple of pics in the prospectus - two photomicrographs of thin sections of basalt - one from the Shiant Isles (I think), the other from the Moon - both looked identical! Great days! I'll stick more pics up in another blog entry soon.
Mountainman from Tobermory Mull
I think that the Geology part of the Apollo Program wasn't really high on the list during the early Apollo moon missions ( that'll be Apollo 11 to Apollo 14) but the introduction of the " moon-buggy " did mean that the astronauts could go further from base-camp, and the Geologists in Houston, were able to pick the landing sites for Apollo 15 to the last moon landing of Apollo 17. The US public lost interest in Apollo, therefore all other missions were scrapped. Which I for one, was bitterly disapointed with, but hey that's life. Cheers, I'll keep an eye on your blog from now on....
Tws from Ground Control
Exploring the hills and coasts of Mull and Iona and occasionally elsewhere, with a close eye on the geology
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