Mangaone madness

Today I thought that, instead of writing a novel, I would provide you all with some visual evidence of what our field work is like! No pictures of ice cream, sorry. Enjoy the following scenes from the last few days!

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Tarawera Falls looking like something out of Jurassic Park.
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A look at the Mangaone group of eruptions. Within this outcrop there are 12 different eruptions recorded!
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Adam using the field geologist’s most useful tool (other than their brain)…the infamous hand lens.
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PI meeting of the minds in the morning to discuss the daily sampling plan.
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This giant cliff is one eruptive unit: the Whakatane ignimbrite (ash flow). Lydia graciously being scale. That’s a lot of eruptive material, folks.
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2 Replies to “Mangaone madness”

  1. Hello from Wisconsin (today we have 22 degrees & snow) I love seeing all the fantastic photos and reading the daily posts…WOW what a adventure! Stay safe! Xo Aunt Cami

  2. Thanks for the pictures ! Looks incredible. You better exercise now and then with all that ice cream! 🙂 Enjoy it while you can get it. There is always room for ice cream. And the only thing better than ice cream………………….is More ice cream!

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