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From Gjirokastër fortress with its epic history to From Gjirokastër fortress with its epic history to the Albanian Alps via the stunning Komani Lake.
Albanian southern coastal trail with friends... Albanian southern coastal trail with friends...
Great to show off NZ to visiting teachers from Tai Great to show off NZ to visiting teachers from Taiwan on a road trip to Queenstown via #Tekapo, #Aoraki Mt Cook and #Lindis Pass this week.
Filming at New Zealand's fossil wonderland last we Filming at New Zealand's fossil wonderland last week, where I was shown around the 'insides' of Otago University Geology Museum. #fossils #otagogeology #paleontology
Tongariro Crossing with clear skies... #tongariroc Tongariro Crossing with clear skies... #tongarirocrossing
Ruapehu ecology and geology field trips with Lewis Ruapehu ecology and geology field trips with Lewis and Clark students this week...
Swipe 👉 to see where teaching took me this month: Swipe 👉 to see where teaching took me this month: Chengdu, China! 🇨🇳 8 days of workshops with Steiner/ Waldorf teachers 💥 Field trips to a cave, fossils, and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake fault 🤸Exploring how to inspire students with Earth Science. I've shared the story and insights in my newsletter - link in bio #waldorfeducation #geoscience #geoeducation
The Mamaku Tors and conical mounds just west of L The Mamaku Tors and conical mounds just west of Lake Rotorua. These features are the eroded remnants of a very thick (volcanic) ignimbrite layer that was erupted 240,000 years ago, resulting in the caldera now occupied by Lake Rotorua. The puzzle is that there is no evidence that the rock was eroded by a river or glacier. So what was it that removed all that material and where did it go? And why are the remaining stumps so similar in dimensions, and distributed across a wide area many kilometres across?
Lake Rotorua (top left on Google Earth image) is a Lake Rotorua (top left on Google Earth image) is a caldera (collapse crater) from a massive super eruption about 240,000 years ago. It has a relatively simple, not quite circular shape about 10km across. Just to the East is another, much messier caldera atleast twice the size and about twice as old. Its original outline had been obscured due to the eruption of multiple later craters and lava domes so that now there are many separate lakes scattered within it. This is the Okataina caldera, and the photo of Bruce Hayward shows the caldera rim in the background across Lake Rotoiti. We explored these lakes for another Out There Learning video to be produced some time in the coming weeks 🙂
Prehistoric Megalith or mere natural rock outcrop? Prehistoric Megalith or mere natural rock outcrop? In the mid 90s claims were made that this was part of a pre Maori ancient pyramid like structure, and the debate is still alive in the minds of some people. Visiting the Kaimanawa Wall near Taupo with Bruce Hayward to see it through the eyes of a geologist. On our North Island video filming tour...
Mōhakatino cliffs, Taranaki, NZ. Incredible coasta Mōhakatino cliffs, Taranaki, NZ. Incredible coastal erosion, tunnels, sea stacks, caves and a fossil forest
Mangapuhoe Natural Bridge, Waitomo District, NZ. O Mangapuhoe Natural Bridge, Waitomo District, NZ. On a video filming trip with Bruce Hayward
My cold water pool has been nicely washed by recen My cold water pool has been nicely washed by recent rains, and tempted me to a quick dip. Super chilly, but always so good afterwards...
The amazing lava slugs on the southern slopes of # The amazing lava slugs on the southern slopes of #Ruapehu volcano. Made when lava flowed down into melt water tunnels within a glacier and then quickly cooled to create smaller than usual cooling columns at right angles to the cooling surface. The slugs look like small fractured hummocks, quite different from the more common 'normal' lava flows.
Exploring the glacial features of #Ruapehu volcano Exploring the glacial features of #Ruapehu volcano on a beautiful day
Hiking the #tongarirocrossing with a school group Hiking the #tongarirocrossing with a school group this week. Always an astonishing palette of colours and volcanic landforms..
Lake Rotopounamu Lake Rotopounamu
Yep, I'm addicted. Flying at Tora, E coast of Nort Yep, I'm addicted. Flying at Tora, E coast of North Island, soaring up to 450m, tracking 34kms, and in the air for 90 mins. So exciting! Thanks for guidance from Sven and Marina 🙂
Lift off... Long Gully, Wellington South Coast tod Lift off... Long Gully, Wellington South Coast today. Thanks Sven Ericksen for the photos. #paragliding
#Wellington south coast - Island Bay, Owhiro Bay a #Wellington south coast - Island Bay, Owhiro Bay and Red Rocks. Vertically bedded and faulted greywacke, pillow lava, radiolarian chert. Just before the rain came in.. 🙂
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