http://www.adeenedenton.com/himalayafieldschool daily 0.75 2015-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1449798415090-X0A6S0TU64TERF3AXGN4/10487375_10152546094231639_1728552485608689881_n.jpg Himalaya Field School Spent 3.5 weeks mapping metamorphic rocks, geomorphological surface features, and glacial deposits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1449798412575-VH2IKCUF88K7SURP7CIL/lets-travel-to-nepal-with-gianmarco-meroni-8.jpg Himalaya Field School Produced geological maps and detailed reports of the Annapurna Conservation Area and the Main Central Thrust Fault of the Himalaya . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1449798414475-LXF5LWWMSA5FXAC64PYY/Nepal-84.jpg Himalaya Field School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1449798631467-4DGPVQ47NH75ZDLV1IN8/lets-travel-to-nepal-with-gianmarco-meroni-8.jpg Himalaya Field School http://www.adeenedenton.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2019-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1473695433816-9JV4NSDFB7G8K0U8ORIH/Mars_%21.jpg Early Mars Geologic History Early Mars possessed the most likely conditions for stable liquid water on the surface (and, by extension, for life), but it’s also the time period we know the least about. Many unusual geologic features on Mars lack terrestrial analogues, and their relationship to any hydrologic activity thus remains unexplained. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1473695433816-9JV4NSDFB7G8K0U8ORIH/Mars_%21.jpg Early Mars Geologic History Early Mars possessed the most likely conditions for stable liquid water on the surface (and, by extension, for life), but it’s also the time period we know the least about. Many unusual geologic features on Mars lack terrestrial analogues, and their relationship to any hydrologic activity thus remains unexplained. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1484839185277-K7Z36FML8QYV37R6ZES2/erebus_icesheet.jpg Early Mars Geologic History In my work on martian geomorphology, I focus on two geologic processes we believe were operating on early Mars - volcanism and glaciation. The interaction between these two large-scale processes may have formed some of the unusual Martian morphologic features that remain unexplained today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1552233958701-GXGRO1HOOJID9P2NHFG9/Screen+Shot+2019-03-10+at+12.05.41+PM.png Early Mars Geologic History I’ve focused on the evolution of the fretted terrain and the unusual features of the Arabia Terra plateau along the dichotomy boundary to determine when and how material was removed to create the distinctive morphology observed today. Relevant abstracts can be found here, here and here. Image processed from CTX data. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing daily 0.75 2026-03-30 http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2026/3/6/the-mountain-goats monthly 0.5 2026-03-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/cdd4053b-c5dc-4b18-9dd1-513c93cacdb1/lf1.png Writing - I Went to Graduate School and All I Got was This Lifelong Obsession with The Mountain Goats - Make it stand out The images in this piece are taken from times I would wander Indiana listening to The Mountain Goats at dawn or dusk. That I have so many of these is definitely A Sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/ef16f1a5-7853-455b-95cd-490db8006d89/lf2.png Writing - I Went to Graduate School and All I Got was This Lifelong Obsession with The Mountain Goats - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/4dbe1528-8672-4e6e-bc81-2e43d26568b7/lf3.png Writing - I Went to Graduate School and All I Got was This Lifelong Obsession with The Mountain Goats - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/ca2c0050-3eab-4363-ba52-8e1e577cb604/lfend.png Writing - I Went to Graduate School and All I Got was This Lifelong Obsession with The Mountain Goats - Make it stand out This is it. This was the bridge I spent the most time on while I lived in Indiana. It was a very sad and very beautiful place for me. I listened to The Mountain Goats here a lot. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/11/20/a-planetary-scientists-guide-to-finding-your-momentum monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/fa5267ec-4b8c-4498-95a6-876e3beaec87/Screenshot+2025-11-20+at+8.38.44+PM.png Writing - A Planetary Scientist's Guide to Finding Your Momentum - Make it stand out My first ever geology field trip to Mount Shasta, California, in 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/dd1e22fd-d4e5-456e-9425-61372a220bfb/Screenshot+2025-11-20+at+8.36.59+PM.png Writing - A Planetary Scientist's Guide to Finding Your Momentum - Make it stand out Meteor Crater, in May 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/6eb7aab6-9d2d-4500-af41-afa9365118b8/Screenshot+2025-11-20+at+8.33.48+PM.png Writing - A Planetary Scientist's Guide to Finding Your Momentum - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/7/11/before-sunset-with-new-horizons monthly 0.5 2025-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/32846886-6ca5-4a43-bd99-a964478d17e4/plutocharon.png Writing - Before Sunset with New Horizons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/39ee81ec-73dc-4101-8b42-674bd6f0f7e4/nh-pluto_crop.jpg.png Writing - Before Sunset with New Horizons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/a5e4e0b9-477b-4deb-9743-7b88cf83f73e/PIA19945_modest.jpg Writing - Before Sunset with New Horizons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/35d80f26-6aaf-4dbb-8ec3-7e16d8072cae/PIA19948.jpg Writing - Before Sunset with New Horizons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/b94432e5-4708-4c27-9297-29d69910a848/PIA20362.jpg Writing - Before Sunset with New Horizons - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/6/20/a-haters-guide-to-life-on-mars monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/f44827bc-ca44-4a69-9db9-d420a93bca1c/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+3.52.40+PM.png Writing - A Hater's Guide to Life on Mars - Make it stand out The Perseverance rover observes the Martian horizon. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/0ea15704-a7da-4993-ab8b-0280c1bd8731/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+3.53.38+PM.png Writing - A Hater's Guide to Life on Mars - Make it stand out Various sources of carbon dioxide on Mars and their estimated contribution to martian atmospheric pressure. Image via Goddard Spaceflight Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/eda43216-8f7b-4eef-9058-60ac322c8999/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+3.54.20+PM.png Writing - A Hater's Guide to Life on Mars - Make it stand out A NASA schematic of Mars-based in-situ resource utilization, focused on “atmosphere resource acquisition and processing.” Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/7ebca57a-eeb9-4f01-a53a-aee0d7bf5549/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+3.54.54+PM.png Writing - A Hater's Guide to Life on Mars - Make it stand out Landscape on Mars taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover after crossing a dune. The colors have been white-balanced to show what Mars would look like if it had Earth’s sky. An interesting choice we keep making! Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/6e13c404-c25e-48da-9033-fe9b1085530f/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+3.55.34+PM.png Writing - A Hater's Guide to Life on Mars - Make it stand out Everest and the surrounding Himalaya. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/4207439d-d812-4640-81e8-9054fa6120c4/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+3.56.28+PM.png Writing - A Hater's Guide to Life on Mars - Make it stand out A view from the Kimberly formation taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover. This image has also been white-balanced to simulate Earth conditions. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/064bfbab-486b-4fcb-abe5-44fd4d7bdfa5/Screenshot+2025-07-24+at+3.57.24+PM.png Writing - A Hater's Guide to Life on Mars - Make it stand out One last landscape from the Curiosity rover. Image via NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2024/11/18/always-two-there-are monthly 0.5 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/ad71a7cb-df96-4ff0-9d77-42fa49364a13/0_IreqH8HJSSPW-4cV.png Writing - "Always two, there are": Revisiting the problems with academia through the flaws of the Jedi Order - Make it stand out The first Jedi temple on Ahch-To offers conflicting information about the Jedi’s origins. Image via Lucasfilm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/69059efd-4321-4080-895d-ca3ec8c6bfef/1_26iGPhmJaPSaxZ-_rY9A9A.png Writing - "Always two, there are": Revisiting the problems with academia through the flaws of the Jedi Order - Make it stand out Anakin, about to receive some advice from Yoda that he will interpret catastrophically poorly, as usual. Image via Lucasfilm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/e9606406-5a7b-46cd-9b4f-c83701094bd8/1_f3qoSrulLpzhH5c--Vybjw.png Writing - "Always two, there are": Revisiting the problems with academia through the flaws of the Jedi Order - Make it stand out Anakin is presented with the first of many disappointments from the Jedi Council. Image via Lucasfilm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1a4d39f6-0e21-47c0-9390-2641b75f866a/1_e90iVY9cf1dmbb5hkUOV5g.png Writing - "Always two, there are": Revisiting the problems with academia through the flaws of the Jedi Order - Make it stand out Members of the Jedi High Council report to the Chancellor, unknowingly feeding information to their enemy. Image via Lucasfilm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/dc4cdcde-2da6-48c4-9bf5-e2569086b4e8/0_WgJi6XBV7u3glwyH.png Writing - "Always two, there are": Revisiting the problems with academia through the flaws of the Jedi Order - Make it stand out Dooku, on a mission with Mace Windu, about to be disappointed once again by what the Jedi will ask of him. Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/7000ae87-5903-4b8f-82db-8573bf5cc00e/0_onDzutBiVra6Mftw.jpg Writing - "Always two, there are": Revisiting the problems with academia through the flaws of the Jedi Order - Make it stand out Luke Skywalker achieves inner peace at last. Image via Lucasfilm. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/3/15/in-star-wars-andor-the-future-of-space-exploration-is-empire-at-scale monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/e39ba8b2-844a-4730-ab1f-6c379b5a583e/Screenshot+2025-03-15+at+5.54.19+PM.png Writing - In Star Wars: Andor, the future of space exploration is empire at scale - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/660e05de-b060-4a05-93c6-02671e850ecb/Screenshot+2025-03-15+at+5.55.31+PM.png Writing - In Star Wars: Andor, the future of space exploration is empire at scale - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/155257e6-a7f9-4501-9098-7c027df81ff9/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+9.51.37+AM.png Writing - In Star Wars: Andor, the future of space exploration is empire at scale - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/4e79a0dd-0823-4bec-a657-828023916d27/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+9.52.26+AM.png Writing - In Star Wars: Andor, the future of space exploration is empire at scale - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/f34bc099-c84e-46a0-add9-b04232d1fc77/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+9.53.16+AM.png Writing - In Star Wars: Andor, the future of space exploration is empire at scale - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/3/16/how-the-mountain-goats-got-me-through-grad-school monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/7b043f28-53ac-4eae-8acb-f9df6c6bcdd4/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+1.29.55+PM.png Writing - How The Mountain Goats got me through Grad School - Make it stand out It's him, the Mountain Goat (John Darnelle). Via bradalmanac, wikipedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/7800449f-d5a9-4935-b1c3-7d87fceb80bb/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+1.31.02+PM.png Writing - How The Mountain Goats got me through Grad School - Make it stand out Yeah it's weird to be like THESE MEN HELPED MY DEPRESSION. But they did, so... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/937e63c9-e8e9-47de-8504-344b704ceb0b/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+1.32.02+PM.png Writing - How The Mountain Goats got me through Grad School - Make it stand out Yeah all their promo pics look like this. Please listen to their music I swear it's good. Via Jade Wilson, Pitchfork. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/3/16/the-haters-guide-to-oppenheimer monthly 0.5 2025-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/5c07d1a6-6d25-4266-b248-79a0b0165938/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+1.34.11+PM.png Writing - The Hater's Guide to Oppenheimer - Make it stand out This man is RUINING my LIFE http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/3/16/how-grad-school-turned-me-into-darth-vader monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/7ced06a6-2c13-426d-9a96-102334aae82b/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+9.55.19+AM.png Writing - How Grad School Turned me into Darth Vader - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/d9a1d8eb-6262-4191-b9c4-b158e1465c81/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+9.56.30+AM.png Writing - How Grad School Turned me into Darth Vader - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/e2fdc035-dcae-400b-b17d-f85c68f9900c/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+9.57.42+AM.png Writing - How Grad School Turned me into Darth Vader - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/fff00ed4-abe7-4eaf-a8bc-84cd19389a88/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+9.59.17+AM.png Writing - How Grad School Turned me into Darth Vader - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/c5f44080-4235-4c85-90b3-9ae7284d7843/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+10.01.22+AM.png Writing - How Grad School Turned me into Darth Vader - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/3/16/hope-is-like-the-sun-how-star-wars-the-last-jedi-helped-me-get-my-phd monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1e88ae6b-c435-443e-bfb7-d8047f390253/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+10.06.02+AM.png Writing - “Hope is like the sun”: How ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ helped me get my PhD - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/58cf868e-7bf6-42a0-afb2-ae2360b2817c/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+10.07.11+AM.png Writing - “Hope is like the sun”: How ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ helped me get my PhD - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/40253332-8333-4b33-9099-3ba2b84a8cc3/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+10.08.02+AM.png Writing - “Hope is like the sun”: How ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ helped me get my PhD - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/4529f2d7-8c98-4025-b00f-ee700dd4ca63/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+10.12.23+AM.png Writing - “Hope is like the sun”: How ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ helped me get my PhD - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/375bace8-a884-45f3-b86d-a282e798a08c/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+10.13.19+AM.png Writing - “Hope is like the sun”: How ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ helped me get my PhD - Make it stand out Image via Lucasfilm http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2022/12/6/acknowledgements-from-a-phd monthly 0.5 2022-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/be599b1f-22c9-4286-8acd-91b4e6c1150a/9AC2A1FA-3477-4EF2-A073-C72FDC27A3CB.jpg Writing - Acknowledgements from a PhD - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2021/7/13/magic-mike-xxl-is-the-version-of-the-odyssey-we-need-right-now monthly 0.5 2025-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/dcdfd436-707a-457b-a4e8-cfb5c87ffacd/Screenshot+2025-07-27+at+11.49.31+AM.png Writing - Magic Mike XXL is the Version of the Odyssey We Need Right Now - Make it stand out That’s right. This is the 21st century’s Odyssey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1dadb399-20ab-4ee0-b9e7-3ffed6d7eea9/Screenshot+2025-07-27+at+11.50.48+AM.png Writing - Magic Mike XXL is the Version of the Odyssey We Need Right Now - Make it stand out Ken and Mike reestablishing their friendship through heartfelt conversation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/d89067d9-f770-40e5-b52b-30c2620ceaa3/Screenshot+2025-07-27+at+11.51.51+AM.png Writing - Magic Mike XXL is the Version of the Odyssey We Need Right Now - Make it stand out Mike and Rome having a talk as he asks her for help on the way to Myrtle Beach. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2025/3/16/your-space-program-is-in-another-castle-using-hayao-miyazakis-castle-in-the-sky-to-deconstruct-a-modern-american-myth monthly 0.5 2025-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/b21da69f-b425-4a29-b04c-ec75201f4fce/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+1.38.47+PM.png Writing - Your Space Program is in Another Castle: Using Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Castle in the Sky’ to deconstruct a modern American myth - Make it stand out The mythical castle as seen in the film for the first time. Image: Studio Ghibli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/e640047e-4735-4860-934d-3573e3f518d8/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+1.39.47+PM.png Writing - Your Space Program is in Another Castle: Using Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Castle in the Sky’ to deconstruct a modern American myth - Make it stand out A robot looks off towards the flying city from when it came. Image: Studio Ghibli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/725e9f9f-a0f0-45ba-9dc4-1a81933af2b7/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+1.41.18+PM.png Writing - Your Space Program is in Another Castle: Using Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Castle in the Sky’ to deconstruct a modern American myth - Make it stand out Sheeta confronts the apparently lifeless robot, fallen from Laputa. Image: Studio Ghibli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/a0930457-c93d-4daa-a622-450ac17df02e/Screenshot+2025-03-16+at+1.42.03+PM.png Writing - Your Space Program is in Another Castle: Using Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Castle in the Sky’ to deconstruct a modern American myth - Make it stand out It’s Laputa, the castle in the sky! Image: Studio Ghibli http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2020/6/6/threat-haven-or-fantasy-us-moon-base-concepts-from-1959-to-2020-and-beyond monthly 0.5 2020-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1591447650058-60FE2O3J3YYFWCWA2HUX/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+4.55.20+PM.png Writing - Threat, Haven, or Fantasy? US Moon Base Concepts from 1959 to 2020 and Beyond Figure 1. Idealized living quarters for the crew of Project HORIZON. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1591447740478-18FBWXC7YBZPAUWAYF7R/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+5.20.40+PM.png Writing - Threat, Haven, or Fantasy? US Moon Base Concepts from 1959 to 2020 and Beyond Figure 2. Idealized “lunar backhoe” that would assist in excavating the area necessary to build the buried lunar base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1591447916026-RA4ZS9O5RYCUCHYLP1DW/2_concept-gateway-2024-00001.jpg Writing - Threat, Haven, or Fantasy? US Moon Base Concepts from 1959 to 2020 and Beyond Figure 3. Artist’s concept of the Lunar Gateway (left) orbiting the Moon, with an arriving Orion on the right. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1591448076706-SFBSBBX37S0AYTAAYB9K/Screen+Shot+2020-04-23+at+5.33.16+PM.png Writing - Threat, Haven, or Fantasy? US Moon Base Concepts from 1959 to 2020 and Beyond Figure 4. One of the nuclear power plants that would help power Project Horizon’s subsurface outpost. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2020/1/21/untangling-feminism-nationalism-and-space-exploration-in-the-age-of-artemis monthly 0.5 2020-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1579639030179-K3RV1R1SCDB3H0VWUGIJ/derp1.jpg Writing - Untangling feminism, nationalism and space exploration in the age of Artemis Astronauts Jessica Meir (left) and Christina Koch (right) prepping their EVA suits and tools needed for the spacewalk inside of an ISS airlock. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1579639209408-8GY3ZHPKX2TMS0MGSTJ0/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Untangling feminism, nationalism and space exploration in the age of Artemis ‘Woman on the Moon.’ Source NASA. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2019/8/24/in-the-spirit-of-peace-in-which-we-came-making-a-dance-about-space-exploration-for-all-fun-and-no-profit monthly 0.5 2019-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1568423323462-XNQAVM30PT6RVIAEUNHC/IMG_7978.JPG Writing - "The spirit of peace in which we came": Making a dance about space exploration for all fun and no profit This image is titled ‘realdanceartistrehearsalphoto3.jpg.’ Image taken by the talented Dr. Alexandria Johnson. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2019/4/11/we-choose-to-blow-up-the-moon-revisiting-cold-war-ideology-through-a-study-of-lunar-research-flights monthly 0.5 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1558401830863-RO86FDNVIOW7LYRG955S/Screen+Shot+2019-05-20+at+9.23.35+PM.png Writing - "We choose to blow up the Moon": Revisiting Cold War ideology through "A Study of Lunar Research Flights" Leonard Reiffel (left) and Carl Sagan (right), two key members of the Project A119 team. Images via Getty Images and NASA JPL, respectively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1558401527527-EAZ9M0VQQDT0D6OH802O/Screen+Shot+2019-05-20+at+9.17.44+PM.png Writing - "We choose to blow up the Moon": Revisiting Cold War ideology through "A Study of Lunar Research Flights" Table 3 from the lunar seismology section of the report, which details the relative effect of the potential detonation options using the Gutenberg-Richer scale, as well as the potential distance of detection with remotely placed seismometers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1558402145384-LBE09695SCKW9IY14GXP/Study_of_Lunar_Research_Flights_-_Vol_I_-_Cover.jpg Writing - "We choose to blow up the Moon": Revisiting Cold War ideology through "A Study of Lunar Research Flights" The cover from volume I of the report - volume II was allegedly destroyed. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2019/2/13/does-your-conference-spark-joy-two-days-at-women-in-space-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1551315580230-2WBWYC5EGG4HSYKJOWGU/WiS2019grouphoto+%281%29.jpg Writing - Does your conference spark joy? Two days at Women in Space 2019 It’s all fun and all space at Women in Space 2019! As we look towards the future it’s likely the conference will continue to grow, but hopefully all the things that make it good will manage to stay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1551356648516-PY6MVFK386WZZVIT9U8M/IMG_7600.JPG Writing - Does your conference spark joy? Two days at Women in Space 2019 One attendee’s enthusiastic endorsement! I also use this image to show the world that you’re never too old to keep giving jazz hands in your professional photos, even when you probably shouldn’t. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1551356606870-M0L3XIJJCMJYYEQ7HFLR/IMG_7596.jpg Writing - Does your conference spark joy? Two days at Women in Space 2019 Conference organizer Dr. Tanya Harrison’s martian fortune cookies reminded us that adventure, opportunity, and more await us the farther we go. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2018/5/20/going-geonuclear-proposals-to-reshape-the-earth-with-nuclear-weapons-1958-1973 monthly 0.5 2018-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1533089018211-8W457FSU2TIQF0X5PFW7/Screen+Shot+2018-07-29+at+9.36.16+PM.png Writing - Going Geonuclear: Proposals to Reshape the Earth with Nuclear Weapons (1958-1973) Figure 1. Image from B.G. Bray et al., (1968). U.S. Patent No. 3409082 (Process for stimulating petroliferous subterranean formations with contained nuclear explosions.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1533088322924-PQQR7X8IRJX4L73NQAWU/EdwardTeller1958_fewer_smudges.jpg Writing - Going Geonuclear: Proposals to Reshape the Earth with Nuclear Weapons (1958-1973) Figure 2. Edward Teller in 1958 during his directorship of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, soon after the approval of Project Plowshare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1533087993503-9K0FOO3DY9OO7MIJ8P0Q/IMG_7302.jpg Writing - Going Geonuclear: Proposals to Reshape the Earth with Nuclear Weapons (1958-1973) Figure 3. Schematic design for the harbor constructed from Project Chariot. Original image adapted from Lawrence Livermore National Labs and the AEC, reproduced in Kirsch (2005), the excellent book from which this schematic was scanned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1533087102076-A98DLZ9JF0JPVIM8D9WH/Screen+Shot+2018-07-31+at+9.26.40+PM.png Writing - Going Geonuclear: Proposals to Reshape the Earth with Nuclear Weapons (1958-1973) Figure 3. Image from H.W. Parker (1969) U.S. Patent No. 6708538 (Producing oil from nuclear-produced chimneys in oil shale.) http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2018/7/15/birthday-post-luminosity monthly 0.5 2019-07-23 http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2018/2/21/wpse-2018-the-first-conference-for-women-in-planetary-science-and-exploration-feels-like-a-big-first-step monthly 0.5 2018-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1519590481995-RGGCP9ISIL969JFRO04X/how_it_works.png Writing - WPSE 2018 - The First Conference for Women in Planetary Science and Exploration Feels Like a Big First Step XKCD knows the pressure I'm talking about here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1519590712146-H95M6O9A90YHSM860H0U/Screen+Shot+2018-02-25+at+3.31.35+PM.png Writing - WPSE 2018 - The First Conference for Women in Planetary Science and Exploration Feels Like a Big First Step There was a letter from the Prime Minister in our program! HOW COOL IS THAT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1519590527603-RB2FFAMUM8ZNXD6ALBWA/1_gU9dIxBFuoAfL5MQB33qmw.png Writing - WPSE 2018 - The First Conference for Women in Planetary Science and Exploration Feels Like a Big First Step http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2018/1/21/soviet-space-history-series-an-introduction monthly 0.5 2018-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1517072999795-H9LOZZLBBJ3OLGXUB1P1/IMG_5552.JPG Writing - Soviet Space History Series: An Introduction Figure 1. The Monument to the Conquerers of Space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1517073119523-Y200CVCERKYWP26SS2IP/IMG_5531.JPG Writing - Soviet Space History Series: An Introduction Figure 2. Within the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics. The Soviet program made its cosmonauts collossal cultural figures, but at what cost? http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2017/8/25/ecological-militarism-the-us-militarys-cold-war-with-the-earth-itself monthly 0.5 2017-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1503689116731-SLLFHE7OINPS2XCPYR0G/ewing.png Writing - Ecological Militarism: The U.S. Military's Cold War with the Earth Itself Figure 1: Maurice Ewing in 1948, one of the many earth scientists to utilize Naval vessels and obtain powerful oceanic datasets. Image courtesy of Columbia University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1503689057657-JM7UUTGM0VGUKMCCDASU/chariot.png Writing - Ecological Militarism: The U.S. Military's Cold War with the Earth Itself Figure 2: The original Project Chariot design, which would have utilized 2.4 megatons of explosives. Image via University of Alaska Fairbanks archives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1503689003492-AF0WMXW3DHD6MWPRIYPP/Stormfury.png Writing - Ecological Militarism: The U.S. Military's Cold War with the Earth Itself Figure 3: 1966 photo of the crew and personnel of Project Stormfury (image via the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1503688903726-IX4RXBJBC0U1RZ1XN7XH/Screen+Shot+2017-08-25+at+12.04.52+PM.png Writing - Ecological Militarism: The U.S. Military's Cold War with the Earth Itself Figure 4: A comparison of the seven land grabs made by countries in Antarctica. The U.S. and Soviet Union did not stake any specific claims, but then, they didn't have to. Image from Nature Geoscience. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2017/7/16/birthday-post-lets-talk-about-astronauts-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-07-18 http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2017/3/30/disarm-them-with-science-seismologists-and-the-birth-of-science-as-activism-evolution-of-the-earth-sciences-in-the-20th-century-part-3 monthly 0.5 2017-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1490924471781-ZCGGBENNVX19QERT86A4/image-asset.png Writing - Disarm Them With Science: Seismologists and the Birth of Science as Activism (Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century, Part 3) Figure 1: Scientists lowering one of the six buoys used to make a circle, with the CUSS I drilling vessel positioning itself at the center using sonar. (Image via NSF) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1490926261950-BZSLKOLFQMIA3P788QUZ/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Disarm Them With Science: Seismologists and the Birth of Science as Activism (Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century, Part 3) Figure 2: No one was allowed to take photos during these tests for classified reasons, so here's a picture of Sedan Crater, the largest man-made crater in the world that was produced through a shallow nuclear test in 1962 (image via the US federal government). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1490925641753-7QTOD5TZ1H74RZU271TY/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Disarm Them With Science: Seismologists and the Birth of Science as Activism (Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century, Part 3) Figure 3: James Hansen testifying before Congress in 1988 on the results of his general circulation model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1490926776802-M7QL2MCHA3DHU6D851VB/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Disarm Them With Science: Seismologists and the Birth of Science as Activism (Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century, Part 3) If you're ever feeling down, just remember: you didn't try to drill to the crust-mantle boundary way before underwater drilling technology was ready to do so. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2017/3/6/an-army-of-science-the-ascendancy-of-oceanography-in-the-cold-war monthly 0.5 2017-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1488830638228-KESG3MGU2H1DOPAD1N68/image-asset.png Writing - Ask What Your Data Can Do For Your Country (Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century Part 2) Figure 1: Scientists using an echo sounder, an instrument for mapping the seafloor (image from Hamblin 2002) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1488829394103-5PCDQNDON1VK21XV6F13/image-asset.gif Writing - Ask What Your Data Can Do For Your Country (Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century Part 2) Figure 2: Oceanographic and military objectives, 1945 (via Oreskes and Ranger, 2000) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1488847114860-9XGQYCNA47C5KL5332HR/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Ask What Your Data Can Do For Your Country (Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century Part 2) Figure 3: Maurice Ewing doing the work of an oceanographer and geophysics. The man redefined the field, and all of us feel his legacy today (via Lamont-Doherty). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1488846881698-K6VI8KJAPC3XYB79EYWL/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Ask What Your Data Can Do For Your Country (Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century Part 2) Figure 4: Candid shot of Alvin in action. Since its commission in 1964, Alvin has made over 4,400 dives. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2017/1/19/what-good-is-a-geologist-in-wartime-earth-science-and-world-war-i monthly 0.5 2017-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1486673716691-5LNNE8AP69TLB5CVDLYQ/image-asset.png Writing - What Good is a Geologist in Wartime? Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century, Part I Fig. 1: Example of a military geology cross-section presented to a commanding officer during World War I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1486672638209-YMGTG4OOD1PMMPX9RCEB/image-asset.jpeg Writing - What Good is a Geologist in Wartime? Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century, Part I Fig. 2: AAPG's goal of finding a reliable supple of oil was bold: new classes of warships like the HMS Dreadnaught were some of the first to be powered by oil, and oil companies had to find ways to power them all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1486674035241-TGG0SRDJPDA6WO0AVTCV/image-asset.jpeg Writing - What Good is a Geologist in Wartime? Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century, Part I Fig. 3: Geology was not all passive work - pictured here are the Australian geologic corps, whose efforts culminated in the most lethal, non-nuclear explosion in the history of war, and was the largest planned explosion in history until the 1945 Trinity atomic weapons test. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1486673559841-M7EFS1LGSMTC67RIPAAD/dug_outs_1130x700.jpg Writing - What Good is a Geologist in Wartime? Evolution of the Earth Sciences in the 20th Century, Part I Fig. 4: A military geologic map produced by USGS and military geology corps member Alfred Brooks, describing the possibilities for trench construction. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/12/6/keep-politics-out-of-my-science-or-why-bias-in-science-is-something-we-cannot-ignore monthly 0.5 2016-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1481253233813-7CF1U3Z8DCXLG148NGVA/image-asset.jpeg Writing - "Keep Politics out of my Science!" or, Why Bias in Science is Something We Cannot Ignore Figure 1: ALVIN, the first submersible - the Navy and the NSF had a very polite catfight over who got to use this cute little (17 ton) thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1481253101848-PGZKDZJ2XB22RIOF5Q7O/image-asset.png Writing - "Keep Politics out of my Science!" or, Why Bias in Science is Something We Cannot Ignore Figure 2: Just look at that pleasant logo from the Second International Eugenics Conference of 1921. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1481297799650-YTFVSO1DDXXO6L3JP4LY/image-asset.png Writing - "Keep Politics out of my Science!" or, Why Bias in Science is Something We Cannot Ignore Figure 3: A cute, but no less relevant example of the ramifications of those scientific practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1481253437563-8J8FEVS5QPQB8ORPPO4H/image-asset.png Writing - "Keep Politics out of my Science!" or, Why Bias in Science is Something We Cannot Ignore Figure 4: Nobel laureates by region. WEIRD HOW THIS BREAKS DOWN IN FAVOR OF WESTERN EUROPE. HOW ODD. Also of note, only 40 Nobel winners have been women. I WONDER. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1481253511139-WNOGJ18TTKJR2HAAQ3EF/image-asset.jpeg Writing - "Keep Politics out of my Science!" or, Why Bias in Science is Something We Cannot Ignore Figure 5: Art seen at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, and an excellent example of how science can continue to grow. (photo taken by me) http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/9/17/someone-likes-this-blog monthly 0.5 2016-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1475263456679-8E5Z3JUXKWNUO5C6XPWV/Ididathing.jpg Writing - Someone Likes This Blog! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1475263354421-IF6OGO6NVS1GJ98QDR6Q/Not+my+best%2C+but+still. Writing - Someone Likes This Blog! http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/9/4/ranking-the-sciences-why-do-we-keep-doing-it monthly 0.5 2016-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1473015200548-AUP3CKM8N9KKRDB61MII/image-asset.png Writing - Ranking the Sciences: Why Do We Keep Doing It? We totally do this. It is also totally ridiculous. (Thanks to xkcd for bringing the realness as usual) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1473016533348-LS2GYQXF5K5W6GXWLEIX/image-asset.png Writing - Ranking the Sciences: Why Do We Keep Doing It? Pictured: my scientific role models growing up. Notice a trend here? Think about what we've been told about each of these figures, and how that informs our view of science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1473016989559-30CZG6YGWHYM7ILK9YKG/image-asset.png Writing - Ranking the Sciences: Why Do We Keep Doing It? Comparing myself to others to others is illogical, but that doesn't stop me from trying. LOOK, WE ARE SUCH SIMILAR BEINGS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1473017178751-HFIAEBZWCWRC42EN54ST/image-asset.png Writing - Ranking the Sciences: Why Do We Keep Doing It? 1. These fields are all relevant and important. 2. I think we're all tired of having these conversations. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/8/13/italian-dolomites-history-and-culture-adeene-walks-the-italian-front-of-wwi monthly 0.5 2016-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471139379832-SYLJJ9DFSGG2C0QQRL38/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI Hello and welcome to this post! Glad to have you with us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471139278843-1LAOOXQ8U05D0NEUV3X0/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI e.g., this lovely town, which I call Völs, where everything is in two languages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471139170254-6EN48KT6JKGDDLGYHIHS/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI Don't forget - this region is also super Catholic. There's shrines all over the trails, and large crosses at the the summits like this one here (ft. Dave Chew). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471139064636-NT5V0TOY9D2ZRSJRRQM7/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI My favorite hut in the Dolomites, the Refugio Alpe die Tieres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471138816828-C4JTB6KKS52P44FPBNYT/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI World War I came to the Dolomites, and it did not come gently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471138989459-C7CHC3XO5TOOHSNI4VZZ/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI It was very difficult to take a picture of these mountains and the their tiny man-made holes. This is the best I could do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471138729184-MBHODM54SAK891HLZT4R/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI Italian Alpini troops climbing in the Dolomites. I obviously did not take this photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471139634361-9NP4T2ANPRNPQV087CB0/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI Imagine living in this lovely tunnel. This one was actually fairly tall on the inside, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471139741823-0674424L8GNGLY7RZ4VA/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI Also can I just point out that the wood-stacking game in the Südtirol is on point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1471139529935-F4H6YA8U9BF5I3T7NAH8/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites History and Culture: Adeene Walks the Italian Front of WWI Safe travels! Here's a relaxing mammut for good luck! http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/6/29/italian-dolomites-geology-adeene-and-the-kilometer-of-dolostone monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470402903123-K9EOQ7SH71KES1O7Y0EE/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites Geology: Adeene and the Kilometer of Dolostone Welcome to the Dolomites! This is the view into Austria from the top of the Sassongher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470403544876-OTVRZ93C443I1JXE2BPB/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites Geology: Adeene and the Kilometer of Dolostone A simplified geologic maps of the Alps - note the complex fault structures. The Dolomites are the yellow in the south (SA unit). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470403782059-EWPDENWTY6YFEEFHZHE1/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites Geology: Adeene and the Kilometer of Dolostone Not quite a kilometer of dolomite here, but quite a thick section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470404297632-SEFIQOGYSLPM9SBUAVDT/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites Geology: Adeene and the Kilometer of Dolostone Pictured: two different sections within the Dolomite - the upper, massive dolostone unit and the lower, less continuous unit that is carbonaceous, but more susceptible to erosion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470404563326-WNL3MARNTQSK6L9LNY1N/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites Geology: Adeene and the Kilometer of Dolostone Pictured: definitely Dolomite, not limestone. Probably. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470404848433-O6BAT15YQCCWEUP6FV6R/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites Geology: Adeene and the Kilometer of Dolostone I cannot in good conscience write about the Alps and not include a Matterhorn picture, so here it is. It looks just as amazing in real life, I promise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470422969608-XRXDDY80WOXL9B2PKXV2/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Italian Dolomites Geology: Adeene and the Kilometer of Dolostone A happy geologist in the Dolomites - a quick hike easily gets you above the tree line! http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/6/29/swedish-history-and-culture-adeene-and-the-great-northern-war monthly 0.5 2016-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470095309982-VBZIUXMDV582VQOOBYTF/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Swedish History and Culture: Adeene and the Great Northern War View from the top of the mountain in Åre ski area - much gentler than Norwegian mountains and an excellent source of tourism through skiing and mountain biking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470094975941-7JA33PFQ8ODLYPQ7IRZZ/image-asset.png Writing - Swedish History and Culture: Adeene and the Great Northern War Map of Sweden with Norrland in dark green - look at how large it is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470095225701-B5A8G059IAG8ISBFNGWT/SwedeForest.JPG Writing - Swedish History and Culture: Adeene and the Great Northern War I don't want to mess with this forest, and neither should you without proper wilderness preparation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470095618318-6C6EOEN8GNSQXRIX123I/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Swedish History and Culture: Adeene and the Great Northern War I took this picture of the night train after I got off at 3 am - it's a beast! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470094783364-WNG2NY1DFNV4EIFPZF48/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Swedish History and Culture: Adeene and the Great Northern War The Karolinermonumentet in Duved, commemorating the fallen soldiers. There is also a very helpful poster explaining its significance in Swedish, Finnish, and English, which I appreciated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1470095729971-YJJFKF147SYLTR16FPTC/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Swedish History and Culture: Adeene and the Great Northern War Here's a Stockholm photo! I loved the colors and the water and how walkable it is like dang it's great. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/6/29/swedish-geology-adeene-gets-lost-in-the-fennoscandian-shield monthly 0.5 2016-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1469117969398-E5HOHKPDKM3FTCROY4VY/image-asset.png Writing - Swedish Geology: Adeene Gets Lost in the Fennoscandian Shield You may recall this simplified geologic map. Blue = exposed sections of the Transscandinavian Intrusive Belt. Light yellow = Svecofinnian province of the Fennoscandian Shield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1469120012372-5T5JBTN3FDINZVBWQFYW/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Swedish Geology: Adeene Gets Lost in the Fennoscandian Shield The mountains in the far distance of the photo are actually in Norway, while the mountains in the foreground are part of two different ski areas. As you can see, the topography is very different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1469118315508-Z012QD79UACIDC906C6X/image-asset.png Writing - Swedish Geology: Adeene Gets Lost in the Fennoscandian Shield Swedish mountains, as seen from the higher section of the Åre ski area. Note the rolling quality of the granite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1469119451599-E2PW8KAM66HCGJA29CTD/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Swedish Geology: Adeene Gets Lost in the Fennoscandian Shield This satellite image (c. 2002) is a good reference for a) the difference in topography between Norway and Sweden, and b) the numerous lakes and rivers, formed through glacial processes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1469119879096-CI7XQ24MH3X3KUPLZ9ZW/image-asset.gif Writing - Swedish Geology: Adeene Gets Lost in the Fennoscandian Shield Sediment map from SGU - note the predominance of till. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1469119206928-PVCZILE41L70K4RPXQX2/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Swedish Geology: Adeene Gets Lost in the Fennoscandian Shield Seen here is the largest waterfall (by volume) in Sweden, Tännforsen. I can assure you that it's mad impressive in real life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1469120400202-PVD1LN4ZTT0IF4BA87VH/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Swedish Geology: Adeene Gets Lost in the Fennoscandian Shield I definitely did not get lost after this photo was taken (I really didn't, but only because I had help). Swedish forests are dense. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/7/15/lets-talk-about-astronauts monthly 0.5 2016-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468777166290-SU3VBHHPHGWRY6MHRY7M/image-asset.png Writing - Birthday Post: Let's Talk About Astronauts Pictured: not Adeene, but it could be! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468818289253-I58RQFNYWIZKATRCUT7Y/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Birthday Post: Let's Talk About Astronauts For better or for worse, this is who I am. This is what I do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468818652861-4WSMKGRFMEW9WWEJGQXS/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Birthday Post: Let's Talk About Astronauts Pictured: one of the objects of my affection. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/6/29/norwegian-history-and-culture-adeene-learns-about-high-taxes monthly 0.5 2016-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468604057815-OVHFY49GYW43JPSLYQYW/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian History and Culture: Adeene Learns About High Taxes An example of geo-historian A. Denton doing research in the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468602414875-QPTOH6HR3T88E5ZUL3TU/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian History and Culture: Adeene Learns About High Taxes The Trollstigen (Troll's Pass), a mountain road famous for its 11 hairpin turns. It's typically open in mid-May through October, but late snowmelts and early winters can shorten the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468603040345-SXA39BJFLLDIF5FTDGKF/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian History and Culture: Adeene Learns About High Taxes Terrain this rugged with no visible trail deters a lot of people - it's easy to get away from human presence very quickly, sometimes with some extra effort on the hiker's part (in this case, a boat). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468603745901-0ESO4AZ9HW115MDMOIZ6/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian History and Culture: Adeene Learns About High Taxes Norwegian summer - in Lofoten, sometimes you end up bootpacking your own trail. And then it will start snowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468602800388-5THMYYC391V9Y72INZQJ/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian History and Culture: Adeene Learns About High Taxes An example of what you might see out the car window in Norway. On the right is an old ferry that's no longer in use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468603236967-HM2IH06A6HNXQOCJ7MKL/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian History and Culture: Adeene Learns About High Taxes A crazy bridge on the famous Atlantic Road, which connects various islands to the mainland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468603315986-MZNZDSQKJK1Z25YOC35I/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian History and Culture: Adeene Learns About High Taxes I didn't take any Tesla pictures, but here's a picture of Ålesund, the second-largest town in Møre og Romsdal which connects to nearby islands via tunnels and ferries. It's on the coast to the point that it's practically in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1468603951556-WN9BTXMNDS8G8EILTAP8/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian History and Culture: Adeene Learns About High Taxes The face of someone who would definitely go back to Norway. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/6/29/norwegian-geology-adeene-among-the-giants monthly 0.5 2016-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1467841085251-Z5MS6QU02L5FIDLFERXA/image-asset.gif Writing - Norwegian Geology: Adeene Among the Giants Vastly simplified geologic map of Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1467903370101-C9RZPRFVH46BLDH0BDJ5/image-asset.png Writing - Norwegian Geology: Adeene Among the Giants Simplified geologic map of Scandinavia: Blue = exposed sections of the Transcandinavian Intrusive Belt. Green = Caledonian Orogeny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1467840567020-UOMJC7WLCTGEGOG8CLIU/image-asset.png Writing - Norwegian Geology: Adeene Among the Giants Geologic map of Lofoten and Vesterålen. Apologies for the lack of English, but a lot of the rock terms are fairly self-explanatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1467491026231-UJ7P29MXGYR4YBJT3ZRE/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian Geology: Adeene Among the Giants The iconic mountain Reinebringen above the fishing village of Reine, voted prettiest village in the world back in the 1970s. It's still true, I'd say. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1467856890791-9U8XZVH5F2S1NAUE7Q8M/image-asset.png Writing - Norwegian Geology: Adeene Among the Giants That's some iconic shit right there. In all seriousness, look at how vertical the walls of this valley are, and how neatly the water bisects it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1467857028384-6U098XIZXUHW3GESH333/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Norwegian Geology: Adeene Among the Giants The Geirangerfjord, one of the most famous fjords in Norway. Not pictured: the thousands of caravans filled with tourists. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/6/29/previews-of-coming-attractions monthly 0.5 2016-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1467213957733-MFXK37DDMHUA63NWW07R/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Previews of Coming Attractions: Post-Travel Masterpost An Adeene sighting in Moskenesøya, Norway. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/5/27/historio-geology-the-faqs-of-traveling-and-studying-something-only-you-find-relevant monthly 0.5 2016-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1464467668420-PHVBDHPGQQ7YA9YCPAY1/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Historio-geology: The FAQs of Traveling and Studying Something Only You Find Relevant The Northern Himalaya (I didn't take this photo). Different sections of the Himalaya have different breeds of rice adapted to live at that particular altitude, because life finds a way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1464467899601-MRMV6WU93MDQNMU6KOSZ/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Historio-geology: The FAQs of Traveling and Studying Something Only You Find Relevant Here's an idyllic picture of the Alps from somewhere in Switzerland to lighten the mood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1464468162625-J9SQHRO7DESH36A7FI0S/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Historio-geology: The FAQs of Traveling and Studying Something Only You Find Relevant A geologist happy in her natural habitat - hopefully I will have more photos like this one. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/5/11/the-graduation-and-future-plans-post monthly 0.5 2016-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1463416092323-293S3C5LGE63GC7CB8M8/image-asset.png Writing - The Graduation and Future Plans Post! A Rice student in her natural habitat. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/2016/1/4/bad-geoscience-movies-the-core monthly 0.5 2016-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1451945410235-3SL4W833SD86MXW5UGP3/image-asset.jpeg Writing - Bad (Geo)Science Movies: The Core The other tagline is "The Only Way Out is In." I'll let you think about the implications of that for a moment. http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/tag/Just+the+worst monthly 0.5 http://www.adeenedenton.com/writing/tag/Bad+Science monthly 0.5 http://www.adeenedenton.com/senior-thesis daily 0.75 2019-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1450579206660-35ABW2C4UOAJGA06JCCD/PIA08409_North_Polar_Region_of_Enceladus.jpg Ice Shell Deformation Previously worked with Dr. Adrian Lenardic and Dr. Helge Gonnermann to create a numerical model predicting the long-term deformation of the ice shell in the South Polar Region of Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, as the result of sustained tectonic activity at the large fissures known as the Tiger Stripes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1451175130527-TTB9OTFGT1KZOUWG5AES/image-asset.png Ice Shell Deformation My current work on the tectonic history of Enceladus and other icy moons focuses on an analysis of terrestrial analogues for icy moons through the freezing of ice in spherical molds in the laboratory to analyze the fracture patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1451175456881-OYZ95RAJDJIF8XW4MLJK/Screen+Shot+2015-12-26+at+6.17.04+PM.png Ice Shell Deformation Ice shell tectonics remains an area of active research interest and represents a corollary aspect of my PhD work. http://www.adeenedenton.com/projects daily 1.0 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1632352913915-ZRBNXFHYWI55V54EFTTZ/orientale.jpg Science Multiring basins are an unusual class of impact feature whose formation appears to be heavily influenced by the thermal and mechanical structure of the target, as the rings themselves are presumed to be large normal faults that cut through the crust and mantle. Mare Orientale, on the Moon, is the best and most classic example. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1675625876932-R7H8MRZEJLFS910SEN0W/image.jpg Science Worked with Dr. Jim Head to explore the relationship between the tectonic and climatic history of Mars. Research culminated in MS thesis: “Subsurface collapse and denudation of the fretted terrain and the Arabia Terra plateau: Origins and implications for martian dichotomy boundary evolution.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1604062623759-1TFR0EMSPTJ0JDDK7LCH/Sputnik-Planum-in-color-736x490-c-default.jpg Science Pluto’s famous “heart,” Sputnik Planitia, may be a massive impact basin. However, its history and influence on the evolution of Pluto remains unknown. We utilized a combination of hydrocode and finite element modeling to simulate the formation and evolution of Sputnik Planitia over geologic time to see if a subsurface ocean was needed to produce the basin as we see it today. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1730729825526-GKUHO40F9UY9JAJA7MU0/plutocharon.png Science The formation of Pluto and its moon Charon remains poorly understood. Charon may have been captured following a giant impact, similar to the Earth’s Moon, a process which likely fundamentally altered both Pluto and Charon’s subsequent geologic evolution. Image via NASA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5669bdc61c1210f372a5014b/1675624998033-MJ1WZ2PYRWDJFKK71H64/PIA12739_modest+%28Mimas%29.jpeg Science Saturn’s moon Mimas, famous for its Death Star-like appearance, might host an ocean beneath its ice shell. 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