Upcoming Events
Posted: Sunday, 05 August 2007 |
This is just for information, rather than to show you any pretty pictures! I am hoping to get the geology classes and field trips up and running again sometime soon. Hopefully I can do this through Argyll College again.
Last years were very successful and I would hope to be able to repeat that this year again. I'll keep you posted via this site as well as my own www.mullgeology.com
Also, the Scottish Geology Festival is back again, in September and there will be numerous events happening all over the country. If you want details, see www.scottishgeology.com
There was supposed to be a "social event" to celebrate the end of last years classes, but this didn't happen for a variety of reasons. We are hoping to have this fairly soon, so keep watching.
Another event which is being refined at present is for some of us to walk the length of the famous Loch Ba Ring Dyke. This dyke is a classic of geology, worldwide, not just as far as Mull is concerned.
This trip will be quite strenuous and obviously weather dependent, so here's hoping for good weather.
On a different tack and a different "ology" (No actually, its an "onomy" MOST DEFINITELY NOT AN OLOGY!!!) there is a major astronomical event happening soon. The Perseid meteor shower, which reaches its climax on the 12th of August, takes place this year against a sky with no moonlight as the moon will be in its New phase. ie conditions should be perfect, assuming that the sky is not cloudy.
Look to the north east after midnight and hopefully you will see meteors at a rate of maybe one per minute. The rate increases towards dawn.
Right that's it, the weather is pretty awful right now - been pretty poor for a few days now, so no nice pics of rocks and stuff. I did try, but the best I could get was this one on Sunday afternoon of two junior explorers at Kinloch bridge:
Despite the weather, they really enjoyed. Something to do with puddles, trousers and getting soaked....
Last years were very successful and I would hope to be able to repeat that this year again. I'll keep you posted via this site as well as my own www.mullgeology.com
Also, the Scottish Geology Festival is back again, in September and there will be numerous events happening all over the country. If you want details, see www.scottishgeology.com
There was supposed to be a "social event" to celebrate the end of last years classes, but this didn't happen for a variety of reasons. We are hoping to have this fairly soon, so keep watching.
Another event which is being refined at present is for some of us to walk the length of the famous Loch Ba Ring Dyke. This dyke is a classic of geology, worldwide, not just as far as Mull is concerned.
This trip will be quite strenuous and obviously weather dependent, so here's hoping for good weather.
On a different tack and a different "ology" (No actually, its an "onomy" MOST DEFINITELY NOT AN OLOGY!!!) there is a major astronomical event happening soon. The Perseid meteor shower, which reaches its climax on the 12th of August, takes place this year against a sky with no moonlight as the moon will be in its New phase. ie conditions should be perfect, assuming that the sky is not cloudy.
Look to the north east after midnight and hopefully you will see meteors at a rate of maybe one per minute. The rate increases towards dawn.
Right that's it, the weather is pretty awful right now - been pretty poor for a few days now, so no nice pics of rocks and stuff. I did try, but the best I could get was this one on Sunday afternoon of two junior explorers at Kinloch bridge:
Despite the weather, they really enjoyed. Something to do with puddles, trousers and getting soaked....
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