GSW traditionally hosts a dinner for the current president prior to their presidential address. This year we also took the immediate past president to dinner because last year’s dinner was cancelled as a consequence of Covid-19. The number in parenthesis is the year they served GSW as president. L. to R. on the front row we have Linda Rowan (2011), Rosalind Helz (1994), Ester Sztein (2020), Liz Cottrell (2021), Karen Prestegaard (2018), Mary Horan (spouse), Jane Hammarstrom (2000), and Lynn Shirey (spouse). L. to R. on the back row we have Callan Bentley (2017), Bill Burton (2009), Richard Walker (2006), George Helz (1996), Tim Mock (2014), David Applegate (2003), Brooks Hanson (2005), Michael Purucker (2019), and Steve Shirey (1999).
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The fall is upon us in Iceland. Summer mass balance collections today at Mýrdalsjökull. Likely a low melt year in Iceland.
The original "Rock." ⛰️
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The 3.72 my old Hannegan Caldera in the north Cascades "We got up to Hannegan Pass and, blammo, this smacked us in the face."
This little dinosaur is no bigger than a bird, so its widely spaced footprints were quite puzzling.
@umdgeology's Tom Holtz helped recreate this raptor's movements millions of years later, shedding new light on the origin of flight. http://go.umd.edu/d-rarus