Jackie Caplan-Auerbach

@geophysichick.bsky.social

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Seismologist, volcanologist, professor, and hazards junkie. Soapbox stander. Opinions are my own but I'm happy to share. She/her.

Zones of bright green algae in the Washington DC reflecting pool.
a screengrab from CNN reading "Hantavirus briefing led by penile implant specialist who pushed election conspiracy theories".
A pit bull mix sleeps in a sunny spot, his head supported by a small speaker.
A map showing southern Chile, with a colored grid overlying the plate. The figure shows how much each part of the grid--representing the Nazca plate--moved during the 2010 Maule earthquake. Some squares on the grid moved a lot while others only moved a little.
A map showing the Pacific plate, extending across the entire Pacific ocean. Arrows show that it is moving towards Japan and away from California.
Video showing a grid of nine bricks connected by springs. The bricks are being pulled to the right, causing springs to stretch. Periodically, one or more of the bricks is pulled too hard by the spring, and they slip, thereby stretching or compressing other springs.
A photo of the sculpture The Gates of Hell, by Auguste Rodin.
Seismic data from station STAR on Mount Rainier show an instrument not working well.
An article in the Daily Mail entitled "America's deadliest volcano enters unprecedented 72-hour tremor phase as eruption threat looms over millions". This is incorrect.
A cave on Tanaga Island, Alaska. The rocks around it are columnar jointed.
Screenshot of a text in which an army recruiter reached out to my transgender daughter and I told him to kiss my ass.
A map showing a cable extending from Oregon offshore to Axial seamount, an undersea volcano on the Juan de Fuca ridge.
Satellite image showing a the ocean surface with a pumice raft: a mass of floating rock generated by an undersea volcano.
A graphic shows a variety of instruments used to study volcanic eruptions.
A map of the world showing the mid-ocean ridge system that lies beneath the oceans.
A cartoony sketch of a monster in a river, labeled "thalweg".