14 February 2014
Friday fold: Valentine’s Day at Newberry Caldera’s big obsidian flow
Posted by Callan Bentley
Scott Johnson contributed this special “Valentine’s Day” edition of the Friday fold: a lovely primary igneous structure that evokes a heart:
That’s a close-up view (lens cap for scale) that Scott took when he GigaPanned this feature:
… the big obsidian flow at Newberry Crater in Oregon. That’s a really dry lava flow that oozed out of the Earth sometime in the past thousand years or so.
It’s even moderately heart-shaped in map view. Enjoy – I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Callan Bentley is Associate Professor of Geology at Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. For his work on this blog, the National Association of Geoscience Teachers recognized him with the James Shea Award. He has also won the Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council on Higher Education in Virginia, and the Biggs Award for Excellence in Geoscience Teaching from the Geoscience Education Division of the Geological Society of America. In previous years, Callan served as a contributing editor at EARTH magazine, President of the Geological Society of Washington and President the Geo2YC division of NAGT.
Wonderful place! Was out there almost fifteen years ago, but still remember it plain as day. Y84B