Bushels of Deskcrops
posted in Geology, GigaPan, deskcrop |For my entry in The Accretionary Wedge #4 I’ve made a GigaPan of the bookshelf in my office intended to highlight a bunch of my “deskcrops” (geologic specimens I have a fond attachment to). Click on the image to explore it at GigaPan.org. See how many of the deskcrops you can identify on your own – when you recognize one you can “Take a Snapshot” and add a comment. I’ve identified a couple, but there are plenty more you may recognize.
Deskcrops Galore – find them if you can!
Unfortunately I didn’t have any good way to light the office for photography and thus the images are pretty grainy when you zoom in much. I also didn’t use the full zoom capability of the camera in order to keep the stitch a reasonable size (a measly 0.81 gigapixels). I’ll try to do more individualized write-ups of individual specimens over the coming year.
[...] the final submission comes from Ron Schott who gives us Bushels of Deskcrops; See how many of the deskcrops you can identify on your own – when you recognize one you can [...]
The sample to the right of your dissertation conglomerate – is it a Franciscan blueschist?
Ron…this GigaPan stuff is cool…however, my wireless at home doesn’t load it all very quickly…i’ll have to wait until I get the office tomorrow to check it out.
yes indeed…I will be upgrading my home internet situation in a couple months
I need to do a little more research about GigaPan … it actually might help me a great deal for on aspect of my new job (field courses) … I may be asking you some questions about it in the coming months
[...] submission from Ron Schott gives us Bushels of Deskcrops; See how many of the deskcrops you can identify on your own – when you recognize one you can [...]
[...] from this locality that I keep in my office. (It’s previously been featured in my original Deskcrop post – from one of the Geoblogosphere’s original memes. Budding mineralogists will appreciate the [...]