19 October 2008
Posted by Jessica Ball
Wow, I’m really overdue for one of these. Since I’ve been talking more about life than geology nowadays:
This one’s actually a photo I took at Niagara Falls last weekend. That bird was, no lie, napping. I guess if you’ve got wings, huge waterfalls and precariously positioned rocks don’t bother you all that much.
Jessica Ball is a volcanologist at the U.S. Geological Survey, researching volcanic hydrothermal systems and stability, and doing science communication for the California Volcano Observatory. She previously worked at the Geological Society of America's Washington DC Policy Office, learning about the intersection of Earth science and legislative affairs. Her Mendenhall postdoc and PhD focused on how water affects the stability of volcanoes, and involved both field investigations and numerical modeling applications. Her blogging covers a range of topics, from her experiences in academic geosciences to science outreach and communication to her field and lab work in volcanology.
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Way cool photo!
nice pis. it reminds me of the saying ‘some days your the pigeon, some days your the statue.’