Classic clip.
I dunno why but I get some sort of perverse pleasure when i watch this...sort of like watching clips of bones breaking during sporting accidents, only a bit different :|
Science and what-not...
Lindo maravilhoso!
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
California Love
California Love?!
Except for Earthquakes, the nay-say vote on Prop 19, lack of water, the burgeoning debt and crazy ass nonsense laws...
Nice place to visit though. Good wine too.
I sit in class.
I learn about geophys/Earthquakes etc...
Oakland is due for a major one.
Have fun Cali.(XOXO to friends and family who live there tho)
California...Oakland...Califor-nay-eh. Inglewood, Inglewood always up to no good...even Hollywood tryin to get a piece baby.
California...knows how to party
Keep it rockin' Compton
Hey Chris Tucker.
Snake Plissken jumps into my head.
Escape from New York was better than Escape from L.A.
Right...
Now I have earthquakes, a barrage of post-apocalyptic/sci-fi movies and Fallout on my mind...
Except for Earthquakes, the nay-say vote on Prop 19, lack of water, the burgeoning debt and crazy ass nonsense laws...
Nice place to visit though. Good wine too.
I sit in class.
I learn about geophys/Earthquakes etc...
Oakland is due for a major one.
Have fun Cali.(XOXO to friends and family who live there tho)
California...Oakland...Califor-nay-eh. Inglewood, Inglewood always up to no good...even Hollywood tryin to get a piece baby.
California...knows how to party
Keep it rockin' Compton
Hey Chris Tucker.
Snake Plissken jumps into my head.
Escape from New York was better than Escape from L.A.
Right...
Now I have earthquakes, a barrage of post-apocalyptic/sci-fi movies and Fallout on my mind...
Monday, November 15, 2010
Yodagami
Someone's origami Yoda, not mine. I made some Geisha lookin' Yoda...had a white face and a Japanese flower-esque coat. |
Yodagami [pdf]
Friday, November 12, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
The Stone Forests of Madagascar
Madagascar's "Stone Forest" |
Water later seeps into karst caves where it then can flow underground in "underground streams". The water can carve out caves by dissolution and fill in other caves by precipitating minerals that are in the water (i.e. can form those cool looking needles and pillars in caves called stalactites and stalagmites). Sinkholes are also common in a karst lanscape and form when the ground above the cave collapses into it. In short, Karst is extremely complex.
LEMURS! Just hangin' out on the stone |
The strange and fantastic geology of the area also gives rise to a glorious collection of plants, animals and other forms of life. In many instances most of these species are only found within the stone forest.
Included below are links to a National Geographic article and photo gallery of Madagascar's Stone Forest.
Living on a Razor's Edge: Madagascar's labyrinth of stone (National Geographic Article)
Living on a Razor's Edge Photo Gallery (National Geographic Photos)
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Ol Doinyo Lengai: An Active Tanzanian Volcano with a Twist
The native Maasai people regard this mountain as the "Mountain of God" which is what Ol Doinyo Lengai translates to in the Maa language. Ol Doinyo Lengai is a stratovolcano that is part of the Great Rift Valley located in Eastern Africa where the Nubian Plate and the Somali Plate are diverging (moving away) from each other. The geology of this system is pretty spectacular but I am focussing on Ol Doinyo Lengai because it is currently the only known ACTIVE natrocarbonatite volcano in the world.
Satellite image of Ol Doinyo Lengai aquired July 16, 2004 while the landscape still showed effects of effusive eruptions. Recent lava flows (white/beige areas) are days to weeks old. |
Ol Doinyo Lengai 1966 eruption |
Industrially important minerals associated with some carbonatites are apatite, barite and vermiculite.
Lave appears black and very fluid when it erupts |
Some sources:
Ol Doinyo Lengai (Wikipedia)
Carbonatite (Wikipedia)
Under the Volcano: Roger Mitchell's Geological Research has Economic Implications for Canada and Beyond (AGORA Online)
Hello Weekend
Oh the weekend...what can I say...except time for some comedy movies and rage+contemplative music for the soul :P
Alright, so I really want to see the movie Due Date. I could care less if it was the most terrible, I want to poke my eyes out and eat shit movie there ever was. The pure fact that it has two of my favourite actors in it will more than make up for it. Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis I love you guys. I mean shit...even that dog is cute as fuck. Honestly, they could just run around like retards (which is probably what they do) and I would be happy.
Hell yeah Walter.
Had a bit of a foo fighters time...
Still then reminded me of Teardrop
Then I was reminded of Highway of Endless Dreams
Alright, so I really want to see the movie Due Date. I could care less if it was the most terrible, I want to poke my eyes out and eat shit movie there ever was. The pure fact that it has two of my favourite actors in it will more than make up for it. Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis I love you guys. I mean shit...even that dog is cute as fuck. Honestly, they could just run around like retards (which is probably what they do) and I would be happy.
Now for another random movie...
The Big Lebowski! Hilarious as shit (good shit)!
"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK A STRANGER IN THE ASS!"
"Has the whole world gone crazy!? Am I the only one here who give a shit about the rules?! Mark it zero! MARK IT ZERO!"
Hell yeah Walter.
Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai Ekbat De Sebat.
Cheekan Goot!
Aziz light!
Green?
Cheekan Goot!
Aziz light!
Green?
It's music time!
Had a bit of a foo fighters time...
Still then reminded me of Teardrop
Then I was reminded of Highway of Endless Dreams
Happy weekend!
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