Derrick
Academic geoscientist based in Australia, enjoys nature photography, science, and woodworking.
Photos are my own unless reposts.
- There is a spot in the Sandi's, near Three Gun Springs trail, where you can see this.
- Obicular #granite, #NewZealand. An uncommon type of granite when #magma crystallization rapidly occurs around seed crystals. #geology #rocks #photography #science
- I’ll have to check that out the next time I’m in NM.
- 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
- Backyard birding. A rainbow lorikeet in one of my apple trees today. This is where my bird photography all started: Sitting in my backyard trying to get photos of the parrots that would visit. #birdsseenin2026
- Those buggers eat the apples before they’re ripe. Netted our trees, but left them a couple branches. Don’t feel too bad for them, let them have all the plums and apricots they wanted this year.
- Took so many pictures of this view - the sun even came out briefly during that blizzardy trip. Hellnar, #Iceland, Jan 2024
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- I thought it was supposed to be ducks in a row, not chickens. Nice capture!
- You need a lot of confidence to rock a hairstyle like this 😆 A pink cockatoo at Kinchega National Park, New South Wales.
- Sporting Mohawks before they were cool! The ultimate rebels!
- 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
