Ruby's PSC 103 Photo Blog

   Blog Post #10: Rock Collecting at Agate Beach Back in May of 2021, My grandparents took me on a trip to Trinidad right before my high school graduation. A highlight of that trip for me was going to Agate beach. The entire beach is made up of rocks, so you can lay on the beach all day and find all types of cool and interesting rocks or minerals.  (Taken 5/24/2022 @ 5:03 PM in Trinidad CA) (Taken 5/24/2022 @ 5:33 PM in Trinidad CA) My grandma really liked the idea of finding some pieces of agate, so that was partially our goal. We spent hours just looking through the rocks and relaxing. As we collected them we would store them in a little baggie, or sometimes a sock.  (Taken 5/24/2022 @ 6:06 PM in Trinidad CA) (Taken 5/24/2022 @ 6:17 PM in Trinidad CA) When we got back to the campsite, we decided to organize the rocks. The first way we organized them was by color and texture. I, unfortunately, do not have pictures of that. We did that so we could see if we did get a...

   Blog Post #8: Volcanic Geological Feature The feature I chose for this blog post is Bishop's peak. I hiked there in March with my grandparents, so I am going to use photos from that time. (I am unable to get new photos since I have been sick recently) Unfortunately, I do not have images of the mountain as a whole. (Taken 3/16/2022 @ 10:46 AM in SLO) (Taken 3/16/2022 @ 11:20 AM in SLO) (Taken 3/16/2022 @ 11:21 AM in SLO) (Taken 3/16/2022 @ 12:15  PM in SLO) (Taken 3/16/2022 @ 12:20 PM in SLO) Bishops peak is a volcanic plug. This means it was formed when magma hardened in a vent within an active volcano. Bishop's was formed around 20-25 million years ago. I have no idea what it would have looked like years and years ago when it was active but I would guess it may have had an appearance similar to that of other active volcanos.  The outcrops I observed appeared to be similar to that of igneous intrusive rock. It has a fine grain without any chunks of other rock insi...

   Blog Post #7: Heat Transfer The heat transfer I chose to illustrate was the radiation from the stovetop.  (Taken 6/1/2022 @ 5:14 pm in Ojai CA) (Taken 6/1/2022 @ 5:14 pm in Ojai CA) (Taken 6/1/2022 @ 5:15 pm in Ojai CA) In this situation, the energy giver would be the stove, and the energy receivers would be both me and the surroundings. I could tell there was a transfer occurring because the stove changed to a red color, and I could feel the heat emanating from the burner.  This is an electric stove, so I know the energy is coming from electricity, but I do not know the exact process going on there.  (Taken 6/1/2022 @ 5:16 pm in Ojai CA) I tried to include a video of water hitting the hot stove because I thought it was interesting, and makes a cool noise.

   Blog Post #6: Man-Made Topography My grandparents live up some mountains and on a ranch, this means there has been a lot done to the natural topography in order for people to live there. One example of this is their neighbor's driveway. (Taken 6/2/2022 @ 11:30 AM in Ojai CA) The ridge here used to connect, I actually remember when it did as I grew up on this ranch, but when the driveway was put in it was cut in half. From what I remember this whole job didn't take too long to complete and was completely changed within a matter of weeks or months. They put in this driveway in order to store multiple cars in their "barn". I am sure this is a permanent change and that it will not be reconnected anytime soon. (Taken 6/2/2022 @ 11:30 AM in Ojai CA) (Taken 6/2/2022 @ 11:30 AM in Ojai CA) (Taken 6/2/2022 @ 11:30 AM in Ojai CA) Here I am for scale 

 Blog Post #5: Single Element Mineral For this blog post, I had limited access and was really struggling to figure out what to photograph, but then I remembered that a very common stone for wedding rings is a Diamond. (Taken 6/1/2022 @ 7:38 pm in Ojai CA) Seen above is my mother's wedding ring (which was later made into a necklace hence the stone dangling in the center and the loop at the top) Diamonds are made up of pure carbon. Carbon has many different uses, but it is particularly important as all living things are made out of carbon. Some common uses include ink, paint, pencil graphite, and carbon dating. (Taken 6/1/2022 @ 7:38 pm in Ojai CA) My hand included for scale Carbon can be found stored in rocks or sediment, as well as cycles through reservoirs, or sinks. Carbon can be extracted through mining. Depending on the method of extraction this can be quite harmful to the environment and produce greenhouse gasses.