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20 May 2011
Geology LOLcats 1
Dana posted early this morning with an invitation to “LOLcat” with a geological flavor. Here’s the best I could come up with: If you’re not familiar with the LOLcat genre, you might want to take a look at a random sampling of LOLcat images for context. Yes: I have the day off today, and can indulge in silliness like this!
Friday fold: “Butt of Lewis” (yes, really!)
Today’s Friday fold comes to us from Alistair Knock on Flickr*, via Dave Schumaker’s Geology News Blog, where there is a daily Flickr feed of photos tagged with the word “geology”: Bigger version here. The fold in question, an overturned synform, is at a place called “Butt of Lewis” (the northernmost point on the island of Lewis), in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Tee hee! Happy Friday! ___________________________________ * Posted …

Callan Bentley is an assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. He is particularly interested in structural geology and the evolution of the Appalachian mountain belt. Callan draws cartoons and writes for EARTH magazine. He lives in Washington, D.C.








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