Know you’re going to be at a boring holiday party? Then download this handy geological map layer for Google Earth! Provide entertaining commentary all evening!
Guest: “You are so lucky! Did you know you live at a nexus of Franciscan Complex chert and Great Valley serpentinite? Such complex weathering!”
Host (whispering to spouse): “Who let him in? I said no more fucking bloggers!”
You can activate the geologic abbreviation key by clicking on “Unit Labels” in GE and referencing the color coded index.
Looking north, hovering over Excelsior.
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