Vicky Veritas

@vickyveritas.bsky.social

Born in the Anthropocene Worked at the intersection of Geology and GIS #Geosciences | #EarthScience | #Geology | #GIS | #Rocks | #TeamFluorite | #ScienceFiction | #Fantasy

@moreorloess.bsky.socialReposted by @vickyveritas.bsky.social

Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Geomorphologist: Water gaps are fascinating landforms. I mean, that river didn't flow uphill over that ridge and then slice down through it. Did you know we have several great examples right here in Wisconsin?

@doktrock.bsky.socialReposted by @vickyveritas.bsky.social

In addition to the many other cool things, "The holotype and paratype were discovered independently by two different research groups working in separate field areas of the Hell Creek Formation. The decision was made to combine the efforts of the two..." How often does that happen? ⚒️🧪😎#FossilFriday

@allochthonous.bsky.socialReposted by @vickyveritas.bsky.social

Why golden eagles’ migration follows the Rockies (audio clip): I do wonder whether the orientation of the thrust sheets relative to prevailing winds makes much difference compared to there being mountains at all, but still a cool interaction between biology and geology!

@nhm.orgReposted by @vickyveritas.bsky.social

With Earth Science Week and its theme, “Critical Minerals for a Thriving Society”, in mind, revisit a few Earth-shattering ideas—how to cure disease, protect the environment, and find extraterrestrial life—all from Dr. Aaron Celestian, Curator of Mineral Sciences. go.nhm.org/celestian-sa...

@timdemko.xyzReposted by @vickyveritas.bsky.social

Here is the Big Barn fault crossing the parking lot of The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, Texas USA. It is a down-to-the-basin normal fault, a typical Gulf Coast growth fault. Faults like this are not seismogenic, but their continuous movement causes much damage to infrastructure and houses

Two photos of the surface expression of a growth fault that has cracked the pavement of a high school parking lot. One photo is at ground level, the other from above.
@phaneritic.bsky.socialReposted by @vickyveritas.bsky.social

Note the right lateral offset of the yellow centerline of you look across the fault. (Traffic spotters had my back for this quick snap).

A road through the central coast of California, as viewed from the central line of the highway, looking off into the distance before the road turns. There’s mountains in the background and a few oak trees on the side of the road, but the important feature is at the bottom of the photo where there’s a rumble piece of asphalt that goes across the entire highway. That is the San Andreas fault and if you look across the rumble area, you can easily see the yellow center line has been offset to the right by a couple inches. this offset has happened within the last 10 years or so as they frequently repave this section.
@historyofgeology.bsky.socialReposted by @vickyveritas.bsky.social

On October 11, 1984, geologist Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first US woman to take a walk in space, spending more than three hours outside the Challenger shuttle in Earth's orbit ...

@minouette.bsky.socialReposted by @vickyveritas.bsky.social

For #spacetober_challenge day 11 prompt crew or cargo spacecraft, my portrait of mathematician, aeronautical engineer, philanthropist and Cherokee ‘hidden figure’ of the space race: Mary Golda Ross (1908-2008).⁠ 👩🏻‍🔬🎢🔭🧪🐡 #histsci
⁠
Great-great-granddaughter of Chief John Ross, who was forced to lead

Linocut portrait of Mary Golda Ross looking over her shoulder in a gradient of green (at bottom) to gold (at top) surrounded by vehicles important to her career including P-38 Lighting fighter plane, and Agena rocket, important to Apollo missions in grey.
Older posts