Ben Laabs
@berylliumben.bsky.social
Geologist/glaciologist in the midcontinent 🏔️ Reposter of cool landscape photography and music 🌅 Old Dad 🥸 Vote Blue 💙 Cheesehead in Denver 🧀 Go Pack Go 🏈 Chelsea FC ⚽️
One of the great things about geology is it never gets boring. I’ve seen petrified logs all over North America and I’m always amazed that they exist. These are from the Triassic Chinle Formation at Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona.
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
One of the great things about geology is it never gets boring. I’ve seen petrified logs all over North America and I’m always amazed that they exist. These are from the Triassic Chinle Formation at Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona.
The aurora is visible in Denver tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The aurora is visible in Denver tonight!
Good evening, Denver ⛰️⛰️
June 26, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Good evening, Denver ⛰️⛰️
February 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Watching a snowstorm drift southward from Lakewood. Enjoy, Colorado Springs 😁 ❄️❄️
January 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Watching a snowstorm drift southward from Lakewood. Enjoy, Colorado Springs 😁 ❄️❄️
Courtesy of Geomorphology Rules feed on FB
January 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Courtesy of Geomorphology Rules feed on FB
For anyone struggling to keep a new year resolution…
January 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
For anyone struggling to keep a new year resolution…
I prefer a president who isn’t afraid of the cold.
January 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I prefer a president who isn’t afraid of the cold.
Baseball lost a legend today.
RIP Bob Uecker. Your sense of humor and love of the game will live forever in the hearts of fans everywhere.
My favorite baseball card of Bob posing as a left handed hitter (he was right handed 😁).
RIP Bob Uecker. Your sense of humor and love of the game will live forever in the hearts of fans everywhere.
My favorite baseball card of Bob posing as a left handed hitter (he was right handed 😁).
January 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Baseball lost a legend today.
RIP Bob Uecker. Your sense of humor and love of the game will live forever in the hearts of fans everywhere.
My favorite baseball card of Bob posing as a left handed hitter (he was right handed 😁).
RIP Bob Uecker. Your sense of humor and love of the game will live forever in the hearts of fans everywhere.
My favorite baseball card of Bob posing as a left handed hitter (he was right handed 😁).
Moonset in Lakewood, Colorado. Lovely sight on a brisk morning.
January 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Moonset in Lakewood, Colorado. Lovely sight on a brisk morning.
I thought I was sad when the Packers lost, but this guy…
January 15, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I thought I was sad when the Packers lost, but this guy…
Love this thread, Jackie. I never knew about the seismoscope! I thought it was something like this
January 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Love this thread, Jackie. I never knew about the seismoscope! I thought it was something like this
I do geomorphology.
The name is a play on words for the cosmogenic isotope beryllium-10, which I frequently use to date sediments and landforms related to glaciation and neotectonics.
I really like erratic boulders.
The name is a play on words for the cosmogenic isotope beryllium-10, which I frequently use to date sediments and landforms related to glaciation and neotectonics.
I really like erratic boulders.
January 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I do geomorphology.
The name is a play on words for the cosmogenic isotope beryllium-10, which I frequently use to date sediments and landforms related to glaciation and neotectonics.
I really like erratic boulders.
The name is a play on words for the cosmogenic isotope beryllium-10, which I frequently use to date sediments and landforms related to glaciation and neotectonics.
I really like erratic boulders.
A small ski hill in Minnesota
January 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A small ski hill in Minnesota
Trump is a pathetic man-child.
January 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Trump is a pathetic man-child.
A little Shrek/geology humor…
January 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A little Shrek/geology humor…
“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles” - Jimmy Carter, 1977
(Photo credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
(Photo credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
January 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles” - Jimmy Carter, 1977
(Photo credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
(Photo credit: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Can I pleeeease have a taco?
January 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Can I pleeeease have a taco?
I feel that, neighbor.
January 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I feel that, neighbor.
Medal of Freedom awarded to Jane Goodall and Bill Nye, two powerful and passionate activists for scientific literacy, conservation, and climate policy.
Well deserved honor by a president who trusts and promotes science, virtues that will soon disappear from the White House.
Well deserved honor by a president who trusts and promotes science, virtues that will soon disappear from the White House.
January 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Medal of Freedom awarded to Jane Goodall and Bill Nye, two powerful and passionate activists for scientific literacy, conservation, and climate policy.
Well deserved honor by a president who trusts and promotes science, virtues that will soon disappear from the White House.
Well deserved honor by a president who trusts and promotes science, virtues that will soon disappear from the White House.
I’ve studied geology there - absolutely fascinating! Here’s an image from January 2015.
January 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I’ve studied geology there - absolutely fascinating! Here’s an image from January 2015.
Happy Winter Solstice, friends!
December 21, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Happy Winter Solstice, friends!