Dr. Stephanie Sykora

New post (haven't done one in a looong time). The Formation and Geology of the Great Blue Hole in the Caribbean Sea, Belize. exploringtheearth.com/2025/12/31/for…

Attention all #geologists and anyone at all who is out in nature. This is a great app that not only helps you identify what you are seeing (be it plants, insects, etc.), but also helps contribute to science and growing our understanding of biodiversity. inaturalist.org

Happy #OldRockDay (it is a thing)! To acknowledge, celebrate and learn more about old rocks and fossils. Here is a beautiful outcrop of old Precambrian (>540 million years old) mylonite (with porphyroclasts) exposed in parts of Kelowna, BC, Canada #geology #rocks #earthscience

Thank you to all the #firefighters 🚒🧑‍🚒👩‍🚒🔥 and everyone else involved in helping with the #Kelowna and #Okanagan #wildfires View looking towards the fires in West Kelowna at night on Aug. 17, 2023 #BCWildfires

Photos from recent tour in Iceland with a bunch of awesome high school students as part of the @smithsonian student travel #geology #iceland #volcanoes #fire #ice #lava #beach #blacksand #rocks #folklore #earth #science #travel #adventure #smithsonian

Bizarre rock formations and black sand/pebbles at Djúpalónssandur Beach in Snæfellsnes National Park on Snæfellsnes Peninsula, Iceland 🇮🇸 These odd rocks formations have folk lore interpretation like elf cathedrals and stone trolls 🧝🧌 instagram.com/p/CvfZ3SyJaH8/…

The strange rocks and black sand are from flows from the volcano in the background, Snæfellsjökull. Compositions are not typical basalt, but mugearite and benmoreite (alkalic rocks higher in Na+K)🌋🏖️

Hraunfossar (hraun = lava, foss = waterfall) in Iceland 🇮🇸🌋💦 Multiple waterfalls emerge from the ground via the hallmundarhraun lava field. From recent tour in Iceland as part of the @smithsonian student travel #geology #iceland #earth #science #travel instagram.com/p/CvbUzyDrp5Z/…

Gullfoss, Iceland 🇮🇸, = golden falls, comes from the sparkle when light shines on the water due suspended particles (from glacier melt) in the waters. Photos from recent tour in Iceland with @smithsonian student travel #geology #earth #science #travel instagram.com/p/CvWMmhfraMd/…

Þingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 One of the coolest geological places in the world. The above-water expression of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which is pulling Iceland to Américas and Europe. via @smithsonian student travel #geology #earth #science #travel instagram.com/p/CvTnF35rTC0/…

Glymur waterfall 🇮🇸 ~198m high (2nd largest in Iceland). It cascades over older volcanic lava flows & volcaniclastics. From a recent tour in Iceland with a bunch of great students via @smithsonian student travel #geology #earth #science #travel instagram.com/p/CvQ_318Luu1/…

Glymur waterfall 🇮🇸 ~198m high (2nd largest in Iceland). It cascades over older volcanic lava flows & volcaniclastics. From a recent tour in Iceland with a bunch of great students via @smithsonian student travel #geology #earth #science #travel instagram.com/p/CvOdzT7uMMj/…

Pics from exploration field work up in northern Alaska, USA 🏔️🇺🇸⚒️🥾. Geologist for scale in the foreground, mountains in the background. #fieldwork #geology #mapping #nature #Alaska #remote #geologist #mountains #earth #science #neverstopexploring instagram.com/p/CudxQMDOxir/…

Exploration field work up in northern Alaska, USA 🏔️🇺🇸⚒️🥾 Geological rock hammer and copper stained rocks for scale 😅 #fieldwork #geology #exploration #mapping #nature #Alaska #remote #geologist #mountains #landscape #earth #science #neverstopexploring instagram.com/p/CuYezPxLE4_/…

Happy Father's Day! Watching F1 #CanadianGP 🏎️ Golf #USOpen2023 ⛳, plus #rocks and #minerals show 💎 and chocolate #cake 🎂 😋

More colleague geologists action shots 📸 during recent field mapping in México ⚒️🥾📔✏️🧭🇲🇽 Hand lenes, always a crucial field tool 🕵️🔎💎 #fieldwork #geology #exploration #mapping #mexico #geologist #landscape #earth #science #neverstopexploring instagram.com/p/CtS6dRMuLhr/…

"Drop a cool photo that someone took of you doing your job." Balancing a GNSS surveyor on my head, trying to to get an accurate < 1 m GPS reading while entering geological field data in the mapping phone. Does this count as cool?? #geology #fieldwork #scientist #geologist

Early morning geological mapping in the field in México ⚒️🔎📔✏️🇲🇽 #fieldwork #geology #exploration #mapping #nature #desert #mexico #geologist #landscape #earth #science #neverstopexploring #madrugada instagram.com/p/CtLBDkORD2s/…

Field trips 🥾⚒️🗺️ Always a good time discussing over rocks and geological maps. Field mapping work in México 🔎📔✏️🇲🇽 #fieldwork #geology #exploration #mapping #nature #desert #mexico #geologist #earth #science #neverstopexploring #maps #fieldtrip instagram.com/p/CtFy3feNPX0/…

Geological mapping in the field in México ⚒️🔎📔✏️🇲🇽 #fieldwork #geology #exploration #mapping #nature #desert #mexico #geologist #landscape #earth #science #neverstopexploring instagram.com/p/CsxQUKcNNEM/…