Dana Hunter

Author's details

Name: Dana Hunter
Date registered: September 26, 2011

Biography

You want to know about Dana Hunter, then, do you? I'm a science blogger, SF writer, compleat geology addict, Gnu Atheist, and owner of a - excuse me, owned by a homicidal felid. I loves me some Doctor Who and Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers. Sums me up. I'm a Midwest-born Southwesterner transplanted to the Pacific Northwest, which should explain some personality quirks, the tendency to sprinkle Spanish around, and why I'll subject you to some real jawbreakers in the place names department. My cobloggers, Karen Locke, Jacob and Steamforged, and I are delighted to be your cantineras y cantinero. Join us for una tequila. And feel free to follow @dhunterauthor on Twitter. Salud!

Latest posts

  1. My Cat Wanted Me to Tell You This — May 24, 2013
  2. We Have Special Geologist Vision — May 24, 2013
  3. New at Rosetta Stones: How to Cook a PNW Tree — May 23, 2013
  4. Help Folks Forcibly Evicted by a Tornado — May 22, 2013
  5. A Landscape in a Hand Sample: “Of Fire” — May 22, 2013

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May 14 2013

One Man’s Paranoia is Another Woman’s Sensible Security

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One of my coworkers made the mistake of saying he wouldn’t mind helping me wash rocks last night, so I dragged him home and shoved a toothbrush in his hand. Fortunately for him, he doesn’t mind scrubbing dirt off of hand samples while blabbering on about various and sundry, or it might have gone very …

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May 13 2013

There’s a Light…house

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bit o' fun

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Umpqua Lighthouse

Right. Some of you asked for lighthouses. You asked after Lockwood and I left the coast. There were lighthouses aplenty, but I’d basically blown them off in favor of the geology. Bugger. Still. Got a couple for ye. Well, one of them’s a fragment of a lighthouse, but it’s veritably a lighthouse. So that’s the …

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May 11 2013

The Geo/Pun/Holmes Trifecta

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geo holmes

Okay, granted, this takes off on the teevee/movie Holmes, not the book Holmes, but it’s still fun. I’d love to talk forensic geology with Sherlock Holmes. If I get to kick around in an alternate universe, and can’t get to the one with The Doctor, that’s the universe I want to be in. Can some …

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May 10 2013

Flowing Water, Fantastic Forms

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Cave formations at Oregon Caves.

Two photos that will have you screaming for me to write up the full posts: 1. Oregon Caves National Monument Oh, yeah, they allow flash photography. It was my first time shooting a cave, so a lot didn’t turn out quite right, but I got just enough to illustrate some important features of caves and …

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May 09 2013

New at Rosetta Stones: Sneak Peeks

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We’re halfway through our trip, and I’ve got some enticing photos for you, my darlings. Soon, we’ll have a series of posts exploring several aspects of Oregon geology in detail, and you will love them. I promise! So many stories to share with you when I return, not to mention about six trillion photos. Enjoy!

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May 08 2013

Mystery Flora: Wayside Wonders

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Mystery Flora I

Lockwood and I are at the end of Day 2 of our trip, and I have a computer full of photos. Some of them are actually geology, but today, I’m throwing one of my dozens of mystery flora at you. I know what these are, but I’m hoping they pose a bit of a challenge.

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May 07 2013

Oceans of Ore: How an Undersea Caldera Eruption Created Jerome, Arizona

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“The town and its fluctuating fortunes are a humble reminder that much of human history has been influenced by the vagaries of the geologic processes that shape the land we inhabit, form the minerals from which we construct our civilizations, and produce the riches we covet.” -Lon Abbott and Terri Cook, Geology Underfoot in Northern …

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May 06 2013

Moar Nature Porn! World Premiere of Le Lascivious Lady Beetles

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Lusty Lady Beetles I

I hope many of you remember our maiden effort at creating quality nature porn with fondness. Eventually, I’ll be making further forays into the ondonta orgy business, but today we’re doing lady beetles. Well, the lady beetles were doing each other, but we’ve done the photographing and setting to music and so forth.

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May 05 2013

And That, Kids, Is Why Superman Changes in Phone Booths

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bit o' fun, geekdom

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superman doctor who

My amazing coblogger Karen found this bit of yum. The geek in me swooned with delight. Bwah-ha-ha! So true, so true. While we’re on the subject of Superman and The Doctor, you should really go check out The Metapicture’s wonderful “Superman in Britain.” You’re welcome.

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May 04 2013

The Grand Canyon! From Space!

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I loves me the Grand Canyon. So when Ron Schott mentioned this on Twitter and someone else reposted it to Facebook, I was a happy human. Nothing like seeing the grandest canyon on Earth from space!   In the image above (top), the Colorado River traces a line across the arid Colorado Plateau. Treeless areas …

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