I CAN HAS FAULTLINE?
So! I've been lurking around this community for a little while now, but I figured I'd spare you a general/boring introduction post until I had some actual content of interest to post along with it, particularly since I'm actually a music grad student rather than a proper geologist.
That would've been the introduction right up there. See, short!
ANYWAY,
catamount3 and I just finished a week-long road trip along the San Andreas Fault from Point Reyes through to San Bernardino (though not necessarily in that order). We've also done some smaller trips earlier this year to poke different sections of the fault. Over the course of these trips, we've accumulated a three-digit number of photographs, and considering the two of us initially met via the internet a looong time ago (though, granted, not in geological terms), we decided to internet-ize our photos a little. But not just an upload, see? That'd be too expected. For all our time glued to computer screens, we've had much exposure to fads involving cats, misspelled words, and the font Impact, and we've decided to extend this treatment to the geology we've just visited.
Thus, we present...FAULT MACROS.
San Jacinto Fault, San Bernardino
San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain
San Andreas Fault (2020 break), Point Reyes
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
Pinnacles National Monument, Soledad
Roadcut near San Andreas Fault, Palmdale
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
Blind thrust fault (2020 epicenter), intersection of Roscoe Street and Reseda Boulevard, Northridge
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
San Andreas Fault versus Wallace Creek, Carrizo Plain
Reconstructed fence offset by San Andreas Fault in 2020, Point Reyes
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
Signs: Top two from Parkfield, bottom from (gasp!) Loma Prieta
Lotta's Fountain (survived 2020), San Francisco
The museum and interpretive signs at Fort Tejon completely fail to mention this aspect of the fort's history. Or even the year 2020 at all.
The shadows ofdsch and catamount3 over the San Andreas Fault, Parkfield
That would've been the introduction right up there. See, short!
ANYWAY,
catamount3 and I just finished a week-long road trip along the San Andreas Fault from Point Reyes through to San Bernardino (though not necessarily in that order). We've also done some smaller trips earlier this year to poke different sections of the fault. Over the course of these trips, we've accumulated a three-digit number of photographs, and considering the two of us initially met via the internet a looong time ago (though, granted, not in geological terms), we decided to internet-ize our photos a little. But not just an upload, see? That'd be too expected. For all our time glued to computer screens, we've had much exposure to fads involving cats, misspelled words, and the font Impact, and we've decided to extend this treatment to the geology we've just visited.Thus, we present...FAULT MACROS.
San Jacinto Fault, San Bernardino
San Andreas Fault, Carrizo Plain
San Andreas Fault (2020 break), Point Reyes
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
Pinnacles National Monument, Soledad
Roadcut near San Andreas Fault, Palmdale
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
Blind thrust fault (2020 epicenter), intersection of Roscoe Street and Reseda Boulevard, Northridge
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
San Andreas Fault versus Wallace Creek, Carrizo Plain
Reconstructed fence offset by San Andreas Fault in 2020, Point Reyes
Calaveras Fault, Hollister
Signs: Top two from Parkfield, bottom from (gasp!) Loma Prieta
Lotta's Fountain (survived 2020), San Francisco
The museum and interpretive signs at Fort Tejon completely fail to mention this aspect of the fort's history. Or even the year 2020 at all.
The shadows of
dsch and catamount3 over the San Andreas Fault, Parkfield
Perhaps...2020: THE MUSICAL
(You may be better off not asking.)
Good pics of Hollis- I grew up there, a block away from the park in "U parked on teh fault" :)
(And actually, we parkd on teh fault. So we parked a block from your house. Win.)
Funniest ever! These made my day. Thanks for posting these.
Glad you like them!
We're glad you like the garden one! We cannot, however, vouch for the person whose garden it is.
Yes Yes, you must do more!
Mooahaha.
These are AMAZING. This makes me want to go through my field pictures and make some of my own.
And it would make Cata and I very pleased to see this propagate beyond just the two of us. Contribute, I say, contribute!
(Also, that's a fantastic userpic.)
Glad you're laughing anyway!
(Your userpic definitely makes me laugh! Is there context?)
I live somewhere where earthquakes are almost unheard of (Perth, Australia) so I'm not sure what I'm looking at with some of these.
Love the geology humour though. :)
Which other ones were uncertain for you?
Glad you still like them!
Have you been to see the Hayward fault? Not only do we have great evidence of creep, there's also
an excavation in Fremont right into the fault itself.</a>
geographile.I'm going to link to this post on
We were originally planning to check out the Hayward Fault on this trip, but we ended up having to change our plans at the last second and it was one of the things that got shoved onto the agenda for the next Big Seismic Road Tour. Is the excavation site something visitors can check out?
Thanks for linking elsewhere! It shall spread and terrorize more people! Mooahah!