Mineralogical Society of AmericaMay 18
Mineral Monday! Reticulate Intergrowths in Basalt By Chris Hamilton I went on two science & dredging cruises to the Southwest Indian Ridge in 1984 and 1986 as a petrologist. This sample is the first named, first dredged SWIR mid-ocean ridge basalt. #MineralMonday #MSACommunications #basalt #MORB
Rüdiger BenninghausMay 15
The Skjálfandafljót River just below the Goðafoss Waterfall (Northern Iceland).
(August 2019)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Flüsse, #rivers, #Skjálfandafljót , #Felsen, #rocks, #Basalt, #Iceland, #Island
Lieven symaeysMay 12
This time last year we were in South Korea...
I have to admit, we do miss it a bit
So, here are a few more unused photos to round off this series :
https://pixelfed.social/c/830314007310995231

Jeju, the basalt figures known as Dol Hareubang, meaning "stone grandfathers,"

Shot with a #voigtlander bessa R3A with an #carlzeissplanar #50mm and #ilfordxp2
#analog is timeless.
#filmphotography #ilford #streetphotography #photography #ishootfilm #grainisgood #southkorea #bessa #jejuisland #jeju #dolhareubang #basalt
oigerMay 10
Tote Welt aus Basalt und Staub: Astronomen erhaschen direkten Blick auf die Oberfläche des Exoplaneten LHS 3844 b, auf dem auch Aliens kaum Überlebenschancen hätten
https://oiger.de/2026/05/10/schlechte-karten-fuer-ausserirdische-dunkle-gesteinswelt-ohne-atmosphaere/197495
#Exoplanet #Steinplanet #JamesWebb #Weltraumteleskop #Astronomie #Regolith #Staub #Mond #Merkur #Basalt #SecondEarth
Schlechte Karten für Außerirdische: „Dunkle Gesteinswelt ohne Atmosphäre“ - Oiger

Tote lebensfeindliche Welt aus Basalt und Staub: Astronomen erhaschen direkten Blick auf die Oberfläche des Exoplaneten LHS 3844 b.

Oiger
Denis Olivier | PhotographyApr 29
Giant's Causeway, Etude 3, County Antrim, Ireland. August 2024. Ref-11918
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/giant-s-causeway-etude-3-county-antrim-ireland/en/11918
#ilfordfp4 #bushmills #fp4 #county #causeway #columns #fissure #basalt #irish #eruption #giant #antrim #eire #heiland #ireland
Show threadStrypeyApr 16

"... if we want to solve this problem, planting trees is not enough."

@norightturnnz, 2026

https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2026/04/climate-change-latest-inventory.html

We have basalt in Aotearoa, right? Maybe we need to be importing tech from Iceland for more than just geothermal electricity generation?

https://www.carbfix.com/

But I agree with everyone else you say there. There are a multitude of things we could be doing that the neither NatACT First nor the Hipkins clownshow are likely to support.

#Carbfix #basalt #CarbonSequestration

Climate Change: The latest inventory

Ministry for the Environment has released New Zealand's Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2024 , which has updated emissions figures. The bad ne...

GeologistsCatApr 4
Today the humans were on #hedgewatch in #Bamberg the hometown of the famous Tomcat Murr. They visited again this wooden floor at the #Rosengarten because it #rocks 😹 It looks like #ColumnarJoints as you can find in #basalt.
Humans #PawForScale
#geologywithcats #geology
Rüdiger BenninghausMar 9
Cliffs (basalt) in the south of the Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland.
(August 2019)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Landschaften, #landscapes, #Steilküste, #cliffs, #Basalt, #Halbinsel_Snæfellsnes , #Atlantik, #Island, #Iceland
Charring AuhFeb 28

#Lava is a mixture of minerals

Harriened lava is called #basalt. It usually contains a small number of visible #crystals, as in this piece. See those flecks of green? They're crystals of a mineral called #olivine

RTNFeb 26

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Rätsel um Mond-Magnetfeld gelöst: Apollo-Proben führten in die Irre

Titanreiche Mondgesteine erklären den Streit ums Magnetfeld. Neue Analyse korrigiert jahrzehntelange Fehlinterpretationen.
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".. glauben nun, dass das Magnetfeld des Mondes während des größten Teils seiner Geschichte schwach war .."

https://www.ingenieur.de/technik/fachbereiche/raumfahrt/raetsel-um-mond-magnetfeld-geloest-apollo-proben-fuehrten-in-die-irre/

26.2.2026

#Apollo #Basalt #Bodenprobe #DynamoEffekt #Magnetfeld #Mond #Mondgestein #moon #Planetengeologie #Titan

Rätsel um Mond-Magnetfeld gelöst: Apollo-Proben führten in die Irre

Titanreiche Mondgesteine erklären den Streit ums Magnetfeld. Neue Analyse korrigiert jahrzehntelange Fehlinterpretationen

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