Friday, April 12, 2013

Discovering your Inner Fish: Dr. Neil Shubin coming to Modesto Junior College on Friday, April 19

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So what do you do if you want to find an ancestor to the earliest amphibians? You figure out where the oldest amphibians lived, and search...
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Monday, April 8, 2013

Joshua Trees Blooming Across the Southwest: Is it a problem or just a good year?

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During my travels a few weeks back, I noticed a lot of Joshua trees were blooming along Highway 138. We stopped and snapped a few close-up...
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Friday, April 5, 2013

What Does a Geologist/Earth Scientist Look Like? Let Us Know!

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Look! A geologist! And he's an old white guy with a rock hammer! No stereotypes here (Photo by Mrs. Geotripper). A post today over...
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The Other California: Yokohl Valley Drive in the Southern Sierra Nevada...and a "Blank Spot" on the Map

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To be clear, the "blank spot" on the map is MY blank spot, not the cartographer's. For all the geological explorations I...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

More Land-Use Oddities from the Mojave Region: The Tehachapi Loop

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In yesterday's post , I was musing over the intense use of the land in the western Mojave Desert, in which we mine the land, the water...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Mining the Rocks, the Water, and the Air...Using Up the Land in the Western Mojave Desert

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 My recent journey home from Southern California included a series of diversions and "short cuts" that afforded me a chance to s...
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Sunday, March 31, 2013

The Other California: Getting a Good Look at California's Faults

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The San Andreas fault in Lone Pine Canyon near Cajon Pass in Southern California. Photo by Mrs. Geotripper If there is anything that pe...
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