Picture Travel Log
Here is a picture travel log of my internship so far.
Even though I have flown before, I still love beaty of the earth from the plane. The Rocky Mountains and clouds are beautiful from 35,000 ft!
Mike Brudzinski, my host, along with Hector, Devin, and Chris retrieve data from the FACES network in the Pacific Northwest. This particular sight is in Washington.
Instead of driving a long distance we chose to take the Ferry across Puget Sound to get closer to our next station.
Near Snohomish Washington, just after maintaining a sight there.
A view from the Johnson Building on the University of Washington(UW) Campus. We stopped here to have a discussion about Episodic Tremor and Slip (ETS) with several people at UW and USGS.
After spending time at UW, we drove all the way to southern Oregon because we found that a station, and it turned out to be several stations, was not receiving data. We resolved that problem. Mike found out that it was a blown fuse due to one of the systematic checks at the stations.
We travelled from southern Oregon to southern Washington, Stevenson, for the IRIS Workshop.
A view from the Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington.
Brick Yard eat your heart out! I follow the auburn brick road, instead of the yellow brick road, to Miami University, Oxford Ohio.
Miami University Campus
A forest on Miami University campus.
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The IRIS workshop was great!
The IRIS workshop was great! Some of the stuff I did not quite understand, but it was nice to see all of the different research ideas/methods that people had. They had poster sessions, lectures on different aspects of earth science research, and special interest groups where the individuals at the workshop would break up into groups and learn of one interesting topic. One topic was on how to maintain a students interest while teaching them about seismology, and they told us about how you can turn an Apple laptop into a seismometer.
Some of the lectures focused on Episodic Tremor and Slip, glacier quakes, and then there was one that dealt with the Sichuan earthquake in China, and one that dealt with what is called the "W" phase, I really did not understand that one.
Another really awesome lecture was on a software called Keck Caves. It allows you to look at your data in three demensions. This would help you visualize your data as well as help you notice things that you wouldn't notice otherwise. It is being created by University of California Davis.
The food at the workshop was incredible! We had all kinds of things to eat. We were never left wanting.
On free time, I exercised in their fitness room, and went swimming, well, dog paddling in their swimming pool. ( I don't swim. I only dog paddle.)
How was the drive from WV to CO?
Wow. That sounds Great!!!!
Gorgeous campus! How's the