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Julian Thomson (GNS Science)'s Snapshots

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  1. Weather Station

    Weather Station by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Evans Piedmont Glacier, Antarctica by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    time for a check up

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  2. Gear Stash

    Gear Stash by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Darwin Glacier, Antarctica by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    for the Longitudinal Gradient Programme

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  3. Cathedral Rocks

    Cathedral Rocks by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    2663m

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  4. Rangipo Desert

    Rangipo Desert by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    -

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  5. Te Ata Atua

    Te Ata Atua by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    2757m

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  6. Pyramid Peak

    Pyramid Peak by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    2649m

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  7. Ruapehu Summit

    Ruapehu Summit by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Tahurangi peak 2797m

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  8. Earthquake Protection

    Earthquake Protection by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Directly above the fault itself the motorway overbridge has been modified. This flat concrete slab just above the pillar is called an "extended seating frame". It is designed to prevent sections of the motorway collapsing onto the ground below when the fault ruptures. Also, the concrete pillars have been encased in steel to minimise damged during extreme ground shaking.

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  9. Mount Victoria

    Mount Victoria by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Lookout

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  10. Te Papa

    Te Papa by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Museum of New Zealand

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  11. flower

    flower by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan huka falls by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    over the 'flower'

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  12. seal

    seal by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Coast, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    resting on a bed of rock made of a rockbed of bed rock....

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  13. Inland Kaikoura Range

    Inland Kaikoura Range by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Coast, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    over on the south island

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  14. Vertical rock beds

    Vertical rock beds by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Coast, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    greywacke basement rock

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  15. Marine Terraces

    Marine Terraces by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Coast, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Uplifted by tectonic activity

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  16. Seal

    Seal by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Coast, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Snapped!

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  17. climbers

    climbers by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    standing on south side of crater rim

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  18. Lake Outlet

    Lake Outlet by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Headwater source of the Whangaehu River

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  19. climber

    climber by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    having a break...

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  20. Ngauruhoe Volcano

    Ngauruhoe Volcano by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Crater Lake, Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    in the distance...

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  21. Grand Chateau

    Grand Chateau by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Central North Island Volcanoes, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    In Whakapapa Village

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  22. Summit Concordance

    Summit Concordance by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    The ranges have been uplifted by fault movements and therefore form long flat ridges

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  23. Mount Mathews

    Mount Mathews by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Highest point in the Rimutaka Forest Park

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  24. Fault

    Fault by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    the Wellington Fault runs through this building

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  25. Wellington's Achilles Heel

    Wellington's Achilles Heel by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    The active fault runs across the railway, motorway and Ferry Terminal right here. The water supply also crosses the fault in this area. Average displacements of surface ruptures of the fault are about 5 metres sideways and 1 metre vertically.

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  26. Sign

    Sign by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Too true! - The active Wellington Fault runs past very close by...

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  27. Hutt River

    Hutt River by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour and Lower Hutt, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    River

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  28. Petone Foreshore

    Petone Foreshore by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour and Lower Hutt, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    Land uplifted out of the sea by the Wellington Earthquake of 1855

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  29. Truncated Spurs

    Truncated Spurs by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour and Lower Hutt, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    These ridges and valleys created by streams have been cut back by sea erosion

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  30. Fault Scarp

    Fault Scarp by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour and Lower Hutt, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    The line of hills has been uplifted along the Wellington Fault which runs through Wellington City and along the western side of the harbour and Hutt Valley. it is one of four active faults in the Wellington Region.

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  31. Somes Island

    Somes Island by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour and Lower Hutt, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    This is now a native wildlife sanctuary. The stepped profile of the island shows three marine terraces uplifted by earth movements.

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  32. Somes Island

    Somes Island by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Harbour and Lower Hutt, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    This is now a native wildlife sanctuary. The stepped profile of the island shows three marine terraces uplifted by earth movements.

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  33. fault

    fault by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan The Malte Brun range seen from the Minarets neve by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    These vertically tilted beds have been offset by a fault cutting across them roughly horizontally.

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  34. Annual Layers

    Annual Layers by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan The Malte Brun range seen from the Minarets neve by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    The darker layers in the glacier ice are created in the previous summer by surface melting of the snow that has subsequently refrozen and now has a more glassy appearence.

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  35. Malte Brun

    Malte Brun by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan The Malte Brun range seen from the Minarets neve by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    3155m - one of the 19 peaks over 3000m in the South Island of new Zealand

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  36. Discontinuity

    Discontinuity by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Fault investigation, Upper Hutt, NZ by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    The river terrace on the left of the fenceline does not continue to the right due to being off set by fault movements.

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  37. River channel trench

    River channel trench by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Fault investigation, Upper Hutt, NZ by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    This trench was dug to study the horizontal displacement of a former river channel caused by the most recent rupture of the Wellington Fault. The researchers also hope to date the earthquake event as closely as possible

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  38. Fault Close-up

    Fault Close-up by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan Wellington Fault investigation, Upper Hutt, NZ by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    The vertical line just right of centre of this snapshot shows the most recent movement of the Wellington Fault several hundred years ago. The section on the right is displaced about 20 cms above the section on the left. The horizontal movement of this earthquake was much greater - roughly five metres.

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  39. Gully

    Gully by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan lava flows of Ngauruhoe, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    This channel has been eroded out of the loosely consolidated volcanic debris by rain water flowing down the slopes of the volcano.

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  40. 1870 lava flow

    1870 lava flow by Julian Thomson (GNS Science) from the GigaPan lava flows of Ngauruhoe, New Zealand by Julian Thomson (GNS Science)

    This lava flow is more vegetated than the darker, younger flows. They are all of the same andesitic composition and have a very rough, blocky surface called 'aa' lava.

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