Heysham Head Field Trip

For the first day of our week of geology, we went on a field trip to Heysham Head to look at rocks. It was a really small, beautiful town right on the water. Our professor made us wear some humorous looking hard hats to protect us from falling rocks. Ask if we saw any rocks fall. We didn't. And kids and dogs and parents were running around where we were with no protection. That's okay, gives some interesting photos of us that I don't know I would get at any other time.

Note: Some of these pictures are mine and some are Emma's. I can't be credited for all these pics. Also, if you want to see a picture bigger, just click on it, and the image should come up bigger and easier to see.

Me & Emma, ready for the excursion.

The class. You have no idea how glad I was to bring hiking boots.

These were graves. Note the spot for the heads to the left. These must have been for short people.

Rocky beaches are hard to walk on.

Looking for grain size, texture, sphericity and roundness. I believe this was sandstone. It was deposited by wind or water, obvious by the well-sorting of the grains. Yes, I am a nerd.

The man in the white hat is Dr. John Gunner, our professor. That man can run on rocks; left all of us in the dust. Cool guy, knows his stuff.

Walking back to the bus through town.