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Planetary Surface Processes Field Trip: Day 1
After a hectic week of tying up loose ends and running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I now have my proster done for the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and am in Phoenix for the Planetary Surface Processes field trip, led by my adviser Jim Bell.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: return to civilization
The team returns to civilization, having completed their Antarctic mission.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: snow ends the season
The team wraps up their collection activites.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: tantalizingly close to the 500-meteorite mark
The season total is at 489, tantalizingly close to the 500 meteorite barrier.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: bad days make for more blog fodder
Writer's block strikes the expedition, as the group continues to collect meteorites.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: 237 meteorites await the long drive to Houston
Fifty-five meteorites are collected by the team in a single day.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: not for the impatient
The team makes progress while facing extreme weather conditions.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: put-in at last; week of productive searches
A week of productive searching near the Davis Nunataks.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: more waiting; runway's ready; ralph goes home
As the team waits, the runway is finished, and Ralph makes an exit.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: waiting
The team is delayed for a week in McMurdo.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: preparations
The team arrives in Antarctica to prepare for the expedition.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: in Christchurch, New Zealand
The rest of ANSMET's team are in Christchurch after a long, long session of travel.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: introduction
ANSMET will post blog entires on their research during their 33rd field season.
The Antarctic search for meteorites: who's going, and where we are going
A summary of the 2008-2009 expedition team, and where they will go to hunt meteorites.
Sands on Earth, Sands on Mars
One of the ways that planetary scientists try to understand the origin and evolution of landforms on other planets is by studying similar kinds of landforms or
LPSC: Thursday: Rovers, Titan, Mars, Venus Express, Neptune
I spent a large portion of the day at the Lunar and Planetary Institute's library and presented my own poster during the poster sessions, so my coverage of Thursday's sessions is limited.
"Moon?"
It's a legal holiday here in the U.S. (President's day), and my daughter's babysitter is taking the day off, so I won't be getting much work done today. But I thought I'd check in to share the fact that, as we got out of the car last week, my daughter pointed up in the sky at the crescent moon and said
Space weather affects everyday life on Earth
According to a press release issued this morning by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the enormous solar flare that erupted on December 5 and 6 last year was accompanied by an intense radio burst that caused large numbers of Global Positioning System recivers to stop tracking the signal from the orbiting GPS satellites.
Europa on Earth: The Sulfur Springs of Borup Fiord Pass, Ellesmere Island
From June 21 to July 6, 2006, a four-person team traveled to Borup Fiord Pass to perform geological field studies to compare with satellite images.
The Borup Fiord Field Site
The Sulfur Springs of Borup Fiord Pass, Ellesmere Island, offer an excellent Europa analog.