Isle of Rum Diaries

A group of Plymouth University 2nd year geology students adventuring on the Isle of Rum, undertaking our dissertation fieldwork project.

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Well, we are all safely home... We will post more pictures still, as I am sure we have plenty! :-)

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Lovely sunset (at 11pm) on Loch Scresort last night! ~Stef&Lem #nature #scotland #isleofrum #Sunset

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Couple of dykes in an interesting formation...possibly NAIP extension regime ~Stef&Lem #geology #science #Scotland

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We will all be sad to leave this Island on Saturday,some amazing and unique geology and awesome experiences! ~The Team. #geology #Scotland

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A beautiful Golden Ringed Dragonfly paid us a visit in our field area today! ~ Stef and Lem #wildlife #isleofrum

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@isochron Thanks! This is an experience we will not forget! And only recently has the sun come out! :)

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Reached the top of Coire Dubh, finding a spectacular view! #Geologyperks #PUEarthDissfieldwork ~ Grace and Rachel

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Climbing so high in Coire Dubh, I think we've reached Mars! #geology #PUEarthDissfieldwork #Mars ~ Grace and Rachel

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Trying to find evidence for the Main Ring Fault that supposedly runs through this gorge! #PUEarthDissfieldwork ~ R&G

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View for mine and Lem's field area, fantastic on lovely sunny days! ~Stef #PUEarthDissfiieldwork #geology #science

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Fantastic faulted dyke in a Breccia unit! ~Stef #PUEarthDissfieldwork #geology #science #isleofrum #Scotland

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@PaulCole23 We have had a bit of rain,the midges when they are out are terrible, I'd say worse than rain! #UPIsleOfRum #fieldwork #scotland

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@Jny_Mac Massive dough, very fine grained tomato, coarse grained mozzarella, there was also a period of contact metamorphism! :-) #answered

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One of the gabbro layers in the inner layered intrusion! :)~ Grace #PUEarthDissfieldwork #insideavolcano #geology

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Twitterverse ... Got any questions for us? #geology #UPEarthDissfieldwork #IsleofRum #QuestionTime

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Midges were out in force today, didn't come back too bad! #isleofrumdiaries #isleofrum #Scotland #fieldwork #geology #midges

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Analysis of dyke trends :) #PUEarthDissfieldwork #geology #spectrometry ~Grace x

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After a hard working day getting things all up to scratch... we reward ourselves with homemade pizza #geology #PUEarthDissfieldwork #Yum :D

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@DrStephenGrimes they come and go, when they come, you know it! Especially after rain and no wind, time to slather up in Jungle formula! :-)

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Wow, way to get messed up geology... Lem enjoying being a scale model :-) ~Stef #UPEarthDissfieldwork #geology #rocks