Through the eyes of a geologist

I have just returned from a four day trip to San Diego with other exchange international students who like me, are beginning at the UofA this fall. One word… Amazing! I signed up for this trip over a month ago. I knew it’s something I wouldn't normally do and the past few days have certainly ticked off a few numbers off my bucket list. Consequently, I have met people from all over the world: Australia, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Japan and Singapore to name a few and have had the most awesome time too! After a long 6/7 hour road trip, which I rather enjoyed due to the dynamic scenery, we arrived at Lake Jennings in the evening where we began to set up camp. The campsite itself is situated at the top of a hill, to one side overlooking the lake and to the other, a bustling civilisation. It was a perfect spot to see the sun set and despite civilisation, the sky was dark enough to see handfuls of stars, and I even saw a shooting star (!!!!!). I have had loads of first...

Day 2 of Fieldwork Today it was a comfortable temperature of 19 degrees Celsius - more days like this please! We thanked the fairies as we crossed the Fairy Bridge on the way home for the lovely weather, fingers crossed for more. This was our view at lunchtime: Today we focused primarily on the limestone, of which is only visible at low tide, so we had to cherish the few hours we had with today's outcrop.  Working hard as usual:  Zeinab for scale, on the bedded limestone outcrop Grace (left) and myself locating ourselves using bearings Unfortunately this blog is going to be short and sweet due to the amount of work I need to do tonight, in preparation for another 8 hours in the field tomorrow. Wish me luck! Jo