Hopefully these flowers will attract you to my blog the way that they attract flies and bees in the cold arctic summers... Toolik Field Station , Alaska 2017: If this is your first time reading my blog,

Permafrost Permafrost is ground that is frozen year round and is located throughout the Arctic. In some places, above the permafrost, there is an 'active layer' which thaws in the summer and freezes in

I'm always sporting my orange all over the Brooks Range

Steemit Photography Portrait Contest/ Part 2

No one guessed the molecule from my first post, so I'm posting a new painting of the same molecule! Couple hints: -It is a common molecule that which almost everyone has heard the name -The red/pinks are

Wolverine Lake, North Slope Alaska In yesterday's ColorChallenge I posted a photo of Squam Lake from last summer. Are is a photo of Wolverine Lake that I took earlier this week.

You know I'm bringing the dank greens... ...And you know its my second post from Holderness, NH in two days! Click here for yesterday's ColorChallenge Squam Lake is beautiful. This picture was taken from

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You know I love a good ColorChallenge... While I am enjoying my summer as a Field Research Chemist at Toolik Field Station in Alaska, I can't stop thinking about my equally wonderful summer 2016 at Squam

I'm about to blow up this post a little bit... At risk of overloading my followers' senses, I am sharing some photos from a hike I took this past Sunday. Being from the White Mountains state (New'mpshire)

Indulge yourself in my sweet, sweet paints... Do you know which molecule is depicted in the painting?? Small steem prize for first correct answer!

The Creme de la Creme of Steemit Photography 24th June 2017 I have scoured Steemit Photography in the past 24 Hours and have come up with the best for today. My motto is to focus on finding the hidden

Somewhere between a gopher and a chipmunk, we get this. Unfortunately, I surprised this little guy who was pensively gazing out over the lake Colloquially known as "sik-siks", these little rodents

Never too late for a good sunset This post is partially in honor of being on the Northern Slope of Alaska for this whole summer ... I haven't seen the night sky in over two weeks. It'll be another two

Need I say more? Appreciating the cool Arctic air after sampling Trevor Creek in the Brooks Range This is as blue as it gets folks. Toolik Field Station , Alaska 2017: If this is your first time reading

Aufeis - Sheetlike mass of layered ice. Galbraith Lake Aufeis Aufeis (Owf - Ice) is German for "Ice on top". As rivers in extreme climates freeze, layers of ice build up. Unlike lake ice, which

Discovery Last Friday I went to my first staff meeting since my employment at the Princeton University Higgins Lab. After 20 minutes of people discussing the usual business, one graduate student brought

Check this song out... Whether you are familiar with the original or not, this will be the best song you hear today. Chris Gleckman and Kaeli Earle put a refreshing hip-hop/funk twist on a catchy jazz

Toolik Field Station, as seen from the board walk and looking the other way... Which picture do you like best? Please check out my earlier entries about my stay in Alaska and Toolik Field Station: Part

This is a little bit like cheating on my blog but i think the ColorChallenge is a fun idea and I wanted to contribute while also continuing to document my time in Alaska at Toolik Field Station. This is