⛏ #RockyMonday 1.1 billion years beneath your feet. 📷 Porphyritic granite at the Granite Skywalk, Castle Rock. 📍 Porongurup NP, #WesternAustralia 🇦🇺 #Geology #TravelPhotography #nature

Red clover #Trifolium 🔎 More than just a #wildflower 🦋 Important larval food #nativeplant for many butterflies/moths incl Painted Lady, Common Blue & var. burnets. 🌱 It also works as natural green manure, enriching soil by fixing nitrogen. #Pollinators #Bloomscrolling #nature #Niedersachsen

🌏 #TravelTuesday ☕ During my travels, I’ve been lucky enough to discover local specialties. 🌋 Bonin Isls. - UNESCO WHS Meet #Ogasawara Coffee ( #Typica), first cultivated in 1878. ☕🌴 Small-batch from just a few farms, with a unique flavor from #Japan 's remote tropics. #SpecialtyCoffee 🙂☕

#FlowerMonday #Papaver returns & spreads every year in my garden, flowering especially in spring and fall (in a cooler, wetter climate). #Pollinators Mostly pausing during the summer [USDA Hardiness ~Zone 8a]. I just love the 🧡 colour 🧡! 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #Poppy #Pollinators #FlowerPhotography

🌸 #FlowerFriday A little garden scroll 🌸 Always happy to see the #Aquilegia back again. 🌱 #Bloomscrolling #FlowersonFriday #gardens #flowers #nature

A small river doing big work. Shaping the land grain by grain, day by day. #Niedersachsen #Wümme #Rivers #Sunset #NaturePhotography

#Dandelions Once a common sight in the springs of my childhood. Now&then, I came home from school & picked a thick bouquet for my mom, my hands stained brown from the sap. Then, for years, the ultimate bane of every lawn lover. 🙏 Thankfully, they’ve been making a comeback. 🌱 Support #NativePlants

"Dadurch kann Landwirt Kaper dort auch Rinder oder Schafe auf dem Moor grasen lassen. Zudem könne die Fläche komplett gemäht werden" 👉 Dies ist leider nur eine nasse Wiese! Echte Paludikultur ("Sumpf"kultur) auf Mooren erfordert idR andere Anbaumethoden, Pflanzen & Tiere. 👇 #Niedersachsen 1 / 2

🌼 #FlowerFriday 🌵 This is a bloom I’ve never shared before. My #Trichocereus / #Echinopsis has flowered twice so far. Each time the bloom opened in the early evening & withered by the following midday, releasing a lily-like scent. Diameter: 16cm / 6.29inch 🌱 #Cactus #Succulents #Bloom #gardening

🌼 Supporting native-plant landscaping is essential for local #biodiversity. 🐝 🐞 🦗 🐌 🕷 🐛 🐦 🦔 But in reality, most gardens are becoming increasingly artificial in order to be maintenance-free. 👇 www.bbc.com/news/article... 🌱 #gardening #NativePlants #Rewilding #Pollinators

In addition to the negative effects of livestock overgrazing, certain high-intensity agriculture can degrade soils, reducing their organic carbon & potentially turning them from a carbon sink into a carbon source. ⚠️ Time to rethink & adjust! ⚠️ 👇 👇 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

🌺 Flower Friday 🌵 My #Disocactus amazonicus is in rich bloom again. Such a beautiful flower! 🌱 🌴 #Cactus #Succulents #Bloom #gardening

⚠️ Wichtige Diskussion über unbeabsichtigte ökologische Folgen der Standortwahl #Erneuerbare Energien. ⚠️ ‼️ Schützt das #Wattenmeer vor Fehlsteuerungen im #Klimaschutz ‼️ 🦑 #Niedersachsen #OffshoreWind #Kohlenstoffsenke 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great writing by @Race2Extinct.bsky.social on how #forest, all #wildlife creatures great & small and #wildfire are all interconnected. 👉 "🌳🌳🌳🌲🌳🌲 do not make a forest. Function does!" 👈 👇 👇 lylel.substack.com/p/substance-...

🌼 #FlowerFriday 🏜 Beauty in the harshest places 🌵 A delicate #mammilaria bloom surrounded by armor 🌸 🌱 #Cactus #Succulents #Bloom #gardening

#Splashdown - Mission accomplished! - What an incredible picture - Love it! #NASA #NASAArtemis

HVO/USGS Volcanic Activity Notice Volcano: Kilauea (VNUM #332010) 🌋 Current Volcano Alert Level: WATCH ✈ Current Aviation Color Code: 🟠 Volcanic Activity Summary: ‼️ Episode 44 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea began at 11:10 am HST on April 9 ‼️ #Volcano #Volcanism ⚒

Happy ⛏ #GeologistsDay ⛏ celebrating those who read the Earth like a book and reveal its hidden history, layer by layer. 🔎 Every first Sunday in April, it signals the start of field season - after winter, geologists return to 🧭🥾 expeditions, 📓🖍mapping, and 🌋 discovery. #Geology #Geoscience

Happy Geo-Easter! ⛏️🥚 ¡Felices Pascuas! Joyeuses Pâques! Buona Pasqua! Glad Påsk! Fasseh Majeed! May your day be gneiss, your eggs well sedimented, and your chocolate discoveries truly rock! #GeologyRocks #Easter #geology #art

⛏ #FossilFriday 📷 Paleogene sedimentary rock (limestone) with Syncline-like structure/tectonic tilting 🔎 Originally deposited as horizontal marine sediments, later tectonically uplifted & bended/tilted. 📍 South Bay, Kaikoura, New Zealand 🇳🇿 🦑 #geology #geoscience #paleontology #fossil

🚀 Moonbound! #NASA #Artemis II is underway 🚀 - checking the moon for the next visit with a geologist! ⛏😉 Want to know where the crew and spacecraft are right now? The AROW link gives a live overview of position, trajectory & mission progress. Follow along 👇 www.nasa.gov/missions/art...

I think I just cracked the case of the missing #KitKat… and it goes deeper than anyone thought 🪨🍫 🔎 Now: who did it? #KitKatHeist

Wurde die #Buckelwal Fluke inzwischen mal fotografiert & abgeglichen, ob schon in den Online Datenbanken vorhanden? 🔎 = Herkunft+Background ermitteln 👇 Es gibt einige 🐋-Datenbanken 1/2 #Ostsee #Wismar #Walrettung #TimmendorferStrand #Niendorf #citizenscience

🌺 #FlowerFriday update 🌿 The #Phaedranassa tunguraguae has now started to bloom and two flowers have opened (in the evening/at night). 🌱 #Amaryllidaceae #Tungurahua #Ecuador #plants #flowers #gardening #plantlovers

I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Orangutan Foundation founder & president, Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas, yesterday. Many years ago, I had the privilege of working with her & assisting with her lectures on orangutans. She was a remarkable woman. orangutan.org

⛏ Almost #FossilFriday 📷 Globorotalia menardii, tropical-to-subtropical planktonic foraminifera. 🔎Used in marine Paleoclimatology & P-oceanography as "paleothermometer" & proxy thermocline depth, Abund ⬆️during warmer periods/⬇️during glacial periods. 🦑 #geology #geoscience #paleontology #fossil

🌺 #FlowerFriday 🌿 My #Phaedranassa tunguraguae surprised me once again today! Just 4 months after the last flower stalk started growing, it is growing another flower stalk. More flowers soon! 🌱 #Amaryllidaceae #Tungurahua #Ecuador #plants #flowers #gardening #plantlovers

HVO/USGS Volcanic Activity Notice Volcano: Kilauea (VNUM #332010) 🌋 Volcano Alert Level: WATCH ✈ Current Aviation Color Code: 🟠 ‼️ Episode 43 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu began at the summit of Kīlauea began at 9:17 HST on March 10, 2026.  ‼️ #geology #geoscience #Volcano #volcanism ⚒

I just noticed that the main two German TV channels #ARD #ZDF #ÖRR are NOT live TV-broadcasting the #Paralympics #MilanoCortina2026 opening ceremony... ONLY STREAMING! 👉 But they did plenty on 'regular' #Olympics! 🚫 Inclusion within #Germany 🚫

⚒ Happy #FieldworkFriday! The classic: 'The Geologist' by Carl Spitzweg (ca. 1860). ⛏ Rock hammer, 🔎 hand lens, and stratigraphy — has anything really changed since then? #GeoArt #Geology #Art #painting

Happy Endurance Discovery Day! On March 5th, 2022, exactly 100 years to the day after Shackleton was laid to rest, the #Endurance22 expedition located the wreck 3,008 meters deep in the Weddell Sea. #Shackleton #Endurance #Antarctica #exploration #expedition #history

Sooner or later, many of "us" scientists reach this point. It definitely changes things... ⚒ 🧪

New study: Europe had MUCH LESS dark dense forests vs today! 🚫🌲🌳🌳🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌲🌳 "For over 20 million years, the landscape of Europe has been a tree-rich mosaic of grasslands, scrubs and more or less open woodlands with an abundance of wildflowers" 👇 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌴 Tropics, ⛏ Geology, 🕵️‍♂️ deadly schemes - welcome to Dr. No. This happens when a geologist watches movies: ...he starts checking the movie props. #FilmSky #BookSky #movies #JamesBond #DrNo #geology

HVO/USGS Volcanic Activity Notice Volcano: Kilauea (VNUM #332010) 🌋 Volcano Alert Level: WATCH ✈ Current Aviation Color Code: 🟠 ‼️ Episode 42 of lava fountaining in Halemaʻumaʻu began at the summit of Kīlauea began at 1:50 pm HST on February 15, 2026 ‼️ #geology #geoscience #Volcano #volcanism

🌋 More about Hawaii & volcanism: www.usgs.gov/observatorie...

USGS Daily Elevated Volcano Summary ⚒ 🌋 Kilauea Volcano Alert Level = WATCH. ✈ Aviation Color Code = 🟠 Issued Thu., Feb. 12, 2026 19:02 UTC ⏸ The Halemaʻumaʻu eruption of Kīlauea is paused ⏸ ⚠️ The forecast for the onset of episode 42 lava fountaining is February 13-17 ⚠️ 🌋 What's your guess?

USGS Daily Elevated Volcano Summary ⚒ 🌋 Kilauea Volcano Alert Level = WATCH. ✈ Aviation Color Code = ORANGE Issued Wed., Feb. 11, 2026 19:02 UTC ⏸ The Halemaʻumaʻu eruption of Kīlauea is paused. ⏸ ⚠️ Forecast for the onset of episode 42 lava fountaining is February 14-17. ⚠️

USGS Daily Elevated Volcano Summary ⚒ 🌋 Kilauea Volcano Alert Level = WATCH. ⏸ The Halemaʻumaʻu eruption of Kīlauea is paused. ⏸ ⚠️ Forecast for the onset of episode 42 lava fountaining is February 11-14. ⚠️

Geologists #caturday Seen during one of my trips thru #UK / #Scotland 📍 Shore Street, Ullapool, Scotland - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#MineralMonday 📷 A "nutshell" full of geological stories. This Lochaber Geopark Rock Box packs millions of years of Scottish Earth history. 📍Seen at: Lochaber Geopark Visitors Center, Fort William 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Geology #Rocks #STEM #MINT #Geopark ⚒

A geologist goes #fungifriday 📷 #Amanita muscaria 🍄 Prefers acidic soil & has ectomycorrhizal RLS w birch trees. Mycorrhizal symbiosis: biological partnership that existed for over 400 million years, playing foundational role in the history of life on land. That's LTR #fungifriends #mushrooms

(Hard-) #RockyMonday ⚒ 📷 Multiple generations of fractures & vein-fillings (white) inside crystalline rock. 📍Bellano, Lecco, Lombardy, Italy 🇮🇹 #geology #geoscience #Italy

So amazing currently! Pele is giving her best Saturday show! ⚒ "Tephra fall has been reported in public viewing areas within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Volcano Village, Mauna Loa Estates, and Ohia Estates. As of 12:10 p.m., both north & south vent fountains were over 500 m (1640 feet) tall."

⛏ For #FossilFriday 🐳 📷 Baleen whale skeleton 'Toipahautea waitaki' from Kokoamu Greensand, Hakataramea Valley, South Canterbury. ⏳ Age: Late Oligocene (28my) 📍 Collection of Tuhura Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand - 🇳🇿 🦑 #geology #geoscience #paleontology #fossil

...today's sunset! Will there be more #Aurora 💚 tonight? Let's see... #Photography #Sunset #Nature #Polarlichter #Niedersachsen

#Aurora #Polarlichter #Bremen #Niedersachsen

#Aurora #Polarlichter #Bremen #Niedersachsen

Native element #MineralMonday 🌋 📷 Sulphur 🔎 Liquid sulphur (🟠) and solid sulphur (🟡) deposits. 📍Kawah Ijen, East Java, Indonesia 🇮🇩 #geology #geoscience #travel #RockyMonday #volcanism

🌱 Probably the northernmost resident of it's kind at 53°8'N Xanthorrhoea preissii (Grass tree/balga): endemic to Australia, respond to wildfire by flowering profusely. Grass tree leaves are narrow, linear & stiff. 📷 grown from seeds, germination took 9+months, now ~6 years old, leaves 1,37m/54in.