Derrick
Academic geoscientist based in Australia, enjoys nature photography, science, and woodworking.
Photos are my own unless reposts.
- Obicular #granite, #NewZealand. An uncommon type of granite when #magma crystallization rapidly occurs around seed crystals. #geology #rocks #photography #science
- I have one word for this scene, “how?” Taken during field work in September. #geology #California #SierraNevada #rocks
- Oviraptor (Anzu wyliei) at the #Utah Museum of Natural History. A late Cretaceous #dinosaur that possibly went extinct when the Chicxulub impactor arrived 65 million years ago. #geology #museum #fossils #NaturalHistory
- These opercula (bud caps) protect the #flowers of gum trees until they’re ready to blossom. These are particularly hearty. #nature #photography #Australia #eucalyptus #gardening
