ted Brattstrom's Snapshots

Fern Tree by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia by ted Brattstrom

community in the hills

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Top of the Queen's Domain by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia by ted Brattstrom

In the 1910's a radio station was set up here and was used by Douglas Mawson in the 1912-13 Antarctic Expedition.
Now site of the local ham radio repeater, and meeting site.

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l' Astrolabe by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia by ted Brattstrom

French Antarctic research ship.

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Salamanca by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia by ted Brattstrom

visible to the upper left, and just over the buildings below - great market on Saturdays.

Taste of Tasmania is in the big wharf building on the left - in December if I recall correctly

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Aurora Australis by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Mt Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia by ted Brattstrom

Australian antarctic research and transport vessel - goes to Macquarie, Mawson, Davis, Casey to move people and supplies. Also does research in the southern ocean

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Landslide by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Blue Lake - Mt Gambier - South Australia by ted Brattstrom

a section of crater wall has slid in.

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77 meters deep by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Blue Lake - Mt Gambier - South Australia by ted Brattstrom

and with a fairly level bottom

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Eruptive Ash Layer by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Blue Lake - Mt Gambier - South Australia by ted Brattstrom

Here's all the stuff that got blasted out of the pit that formed... It is fairly steep sided, with a more gentle outside face. (though still fairly steep)

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Another Lava exposure by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Blue Lake - Mt Gambier - South Australia by ted Brattstrom

another easy to see bit of the lava

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Lava / Basalt Layer by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Blue Lake - Mt Gambier - South Australia by ted Brattstrom

The first stage of the eruption was a mild extrusion of lava covering the surface, making a nice cap to it.

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Limestone Layer by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Blue Lake - Mt Gambier - South Australia by ted Brattstrom

This is the old land surface, and is contiguous with the land surface outside of the volcano. It is the basic substrate of this part of South Australia.

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The narrowest part of the Coorong by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Parnka Point, Coorong, South Australia by ted Brattstrom

This area had a ferry that moved people back and forth. Currently, you need to bring your own boat, and the boat ramp is around off to the left side of the image. I believe these pilings are the remains of the far side wharf.

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A pair of Oystercatchers by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Parnka Point, Coorong, South Australia by ted Brattstrom

I don't think there are oysters there, but that's not what they eat anyway

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Flanged Australite buttons by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Sand Quarry for Australites, Victoria, Australia by ted Brattstrom

These had been found in the last few days!

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Ring by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Sand Quarry for Australites, Victoria, Australia by ted Brattstrom

The flange of an Australite

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Norbert Kammel by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Sand Quarry for Australites, Victoria, Australia by ted Brattstrom

Norbert is looking for Australites!

BTW, the dog(s) - are all one dog, Missy, who was moving around a lot!

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Glacially deposited Boulders by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Hallett Cove, South Australia by ted Brattstrom

Most of the large rocks along the shoreline are glacial deposits, and not simple erosion features

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Dropstone by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Hallett Cove, South Australia by ted Brattstrom

Dragged by a glacier, then, as the glacier melted, this stone (and others nearby in this layer) were dropped to the lake bottom below.

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Sugarloaf by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Hallett Cove, South Australia by ted Brattstrom

The classic image in the Hallett Cove area.

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Crater 8 by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Henbury Meteorite Craters by ted Brattstrom

A nice crater - because the central area is compacted, it can hold the water a bit more, so trees can grow

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The South Rift - Kilauea by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Kilauea Caldera by ted Brattstrom

The South Rift Zone of Kilauea starts here as a small crack where lava has emerged from, and as you go farther south, it becomes the "Great Crack". 10 to 20 meters deep 1 to 15 meters across.
Mauna Iki sits on top of it, a low shield 8 km down rift.

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"14 ton rock" - 1924 eruption by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Kilauea Caldera by ted Brattstrom

This is the "14 ton rock" that was blasted out of Halema'uma'u during the 1924 phreatomagmatic eruption.
Alas, it landed on a photographer, who died of the injury.

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1982 summit eruption flow by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Kilauea Caldera by ted Brattstrom

In 1982, just before the current east rift zone eruption, there was a summit eruption that yielded this pahoehoe flow.
The Crater Rim Drive (currently closed in this area due to "vog") crosses here.
If you are there in person, you can see the edge of the flow is much higher than the middle, it had filled up (inflated) and then drained out at the end, into the lower section of the caldera.

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"Old" Halema'uma'u overlook and webcams by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Kilauea Caldera by ted Brattstrom

People used to be able to walk here to have a great look into Halema'uma'u. USGS has set up cameras (looking down into the eruption locality - at night, check the webcam!) and ash collectors nearby.

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Kilauea Iki devastation by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Kilauea Caldera by ted Brattstrom

In 1959, a fire fountain at the base of the bare hill shot ash and cinders for a few weeks

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Researcher? by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Adelie penguin of Cap Crozier by stephanie jenouvrier

someone is watching the penguins

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Probably a South Polar Skua by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Adelie penguin of Cap Crozier by stephanie jenouvrier

Looks most likely to be a south polar skua - cruising for a meal? or bringing one home to the family

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"Porpoising" Penguin by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Adelie penguin of Cap Crozier by stephanie jenouvrier

An Adelie is heading home

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Ohia trunk by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan 'Ohi'a on 'a'a flow - Mauna Loa by ted Brattstrom

A nice old ohia on an 'a'a flow around 6000 feet up Mauna Loa Strip Road

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Tourist and Honu by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Punulu'u Black Sand Beach by ted Brattstrom

There were 4 turtles on the beach that day....
The beach is a "black sand beach" - from lava!

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Richard, 2 tourists and 3 Honu by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Punulu'u Black Sand Beach by ted Brattstrom

Richard was teaching us how to gigapan, and we went to Punalu'u Black Sand Beach. Home of Honu (green sea turtles) and the occasional Monk Seal and the occasional Hawksbill sea turtle.

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Halemaumau plume by ted Brattstrom from the GigaPan Kilauea from Mauna Loa Strip Road by ted Brattstrom

The vapor plume from Halemaumau in Kilauea caldera. The plume contains SO2, H2O, CO2, and sometimes some ash

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