A new #GSABulletin study of rift-related volcanism shows that 3-D fault structure controls magma pathways, eruption volumes, and whether melts evolve to felsic or stay mafic.

Read more: geosociety.co/Haproff_et_al
#RiftTectonics #BasinAndRange #GSAPubs
Image: Figure 1 from the paper.

Editing and rewriting through these poems has brought back good memories of a time of living in freedom unlike any I’ve had since. There’s some good work in here. I hope I can find a publisher for it.

#haibun #poetry #chapbook #basinandrange #westernlands #greatbasin #travel

Photographs from Mono Lake and the Mono Basin, a landscape of deep silence and immense space. (And overdue for implementation of the full protections guaranteed by decades-old legal decisions.)

#monolake #monobasin #lake #nature #landscape #california #basinandrange #photography

Future of the newest national monuments looks murky after White House communication White House communication has caused confusion over the fate of the country's newest national monuments in California.

I’m proud to have led efforts to establish multiple national monuments, including #AviKwaAme, #GoldButte, and #BasinandRange.

Rather than honor the cultural and ecological importance of these lands, Trump is trying to dismantle them.

Often the journey is the destination. A day time photo of a straight two lane road of dark asphalt with a stripe and dashed line of yellow paint. The sun shines in at an angle from the right. The sky is dominated by blue, with patches of small clouds. The terrain around the road is sages and grasses, in mainly browns and tans. To the left are high cliff faces in alternating sun and shade from unseen clouds, the cliff faces have some recessed valleys in them that lead out of sight. On the right of the road are a string of power poles following the road. In the distance in the right are a set of low mountains in blue.

I've found that often #TheJourney IS the destination!
#EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #📷 #Roadtrip #road #mountains #basinandrange #fluffyclouds #Oregon #shadows

Multi-colored sunrise outside of Shurz, NV

Planes lined up to land at the Las Vegas airport with their landing lights reflecting off of Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Colorful sunrise with jet trails over Beatty, NV

Nighttime picture of the Mizpah Hotel in Tonopah, NV

A few pics from a road trip down and back on US95 to Las Vegas for my son’s race at the State Cross Country Championships in Boulder City, NV. I love my home state - warts and all! #Nevada #BeattyNV #LakeMead #Tonopah #Mizpah #BasinAndRange