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What the Heck is an Earth Scientist?
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Posted on: January 29, 2009 8:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
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Cool video.... I wish whoever did the rotating image of the earth for the credits knew which way the earth rotated, but other than that, I liked.
Posted by: BAllanJ | January 29, 2009 3:36 PM
The apparent motion of the Earth in the video is not necessarily due to rotation any more than the apparent motion of the mountains and streams is.
Posted by: David Boring | January 29, 2009 4:26 PM
Except that the lighting direction indicates that it is due to rotation.... although I will concede that I'm a bit biased as to the direction time should run. :)
Posted by: BAllanJ | January 29, 2009 10:35 PM
Having turned 54 yesterday, I wouldn't mind about 25 years of time flowing backwards. Especially if I could retain what I now know.
Posted by: rnb | February 2, 2009 2:44 PM
Oddly enough, I became an earth scientist via my high school English teacher. He was a rock climber and taught me how to climb. From rock climbing, I turned to rocks as a field of study.
I've been practicing geology (the engineering variety) in Washington state for about a dozen years and went to WWU for grad school. Good to see a Pacific Northwest person on Science Blogs.
I look forward to following your blog.
Cheers.
Posted by: Brian | February 2, 2009 8:01 PM