A geologist's delight

Leaving Salisbury Plain, 4 Jan '24

This one is for Steve, although others might also enjoy the feast for the eyes offered by these places, even if like me, they know nothing of geology. It's a post of all the rocks, and some dirt. Well not all of them, but the ones that look interesting to me, and I hope are interesting to a geologist. 

Godthul, 2 Jan '24

You'll be pleased to know, Steve, that sometimes when I'm scrolling through Linda's latest photos I'll ask 'what's this one of?' And she'll say 'that's some rocks I took for Steven' 😊. 100% on the lookout for you.

Gold Harbour, 1 Jan '24

Even though we've had 2 lectures on geology on this trip, while I've found them very interesting, I don't seem to have retained much of the information. As far as I can tell there's some strong evidence of some of the geology being an exact match for a missing southern part of the Andes, and that its predominantly made up of early- or pre-Cretaceous turbidites. That's all I know, and I'm not completely sure I fully understand that,  except I'm led to believe it's sedimentary rock deposited by turbidity currents. 

 I blame all the other amazing stuff crowding it out. So mostly this post.is just pictures, which can't really do the real thing justice. I hope you enjoy them anyway.

Gold Harbour, 1 Jan '24

The pics are in no particular order from the trip and are mostly from South Georgia, which seems to be a significant place for everything, including geology. Mostly they are of rocks, cliffs and mountains. Some of them also have some bonus wildlife or infrastructure attached. Like these first 2, with old whaling station infrastructure and a bunch of penguins.

Grytviken, 3 Jan '24

St Andrews Bay, 2 Jan '24

Rosita Bay, 4 Jan '24

Gold Harbour, 1 Jan '24

Cooper Bay, 1 Jan '24

Godthul, 2 Jan '24

Wait, these rocks have faces and bums!

Cooper Bay, 1 Jan '24

Grytviken, 3 Jan '24

Cooper Bay, 1 Jan '24

Fortuna Bay, 3 Jan '24

Cooper Bay, 1 Jan '24