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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

NYT showing no love for siliceous ooze…

Image of the NYT spelling bee game showing that the word radiolarian is not in their word list.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Laguna del Maule, Chile. Best geo field trip ever! #ThrowbackThursday

College students sitting a rock ledge overlooking a deep valley with a lake and mountains in the background.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A beautiful and welcome winter blast in Denver today.

Snow covered patio furniture with snow covered trees in the background.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I don’t know if she’ll ever be forgiven, but this moment will never be forgotten.

Several women raising their hands in a courtroom while a woman in the foreground ignores them.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

For #RockinTuesday, I’m starting a band called The Sliding Hoodoos. #geoscientists

A bare hillside with pillars of rock sticking up in random orientations.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Apparently we are not in the mood for #Caturday…

Small gray cat curled up and sleeping face down on a green blanket.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

When you can’t decide which pile of clean clothes to sleep on.

A furry cat curled on two adjacent piles of clothes.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

It’s finally gonna snow in Denver on Friday and I can’t fucking wait!

Clip of a weather forecast app showing snow in the forecast.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Good frosty morning, Colorado Springs.

A small cliff above a partly frozen river, frost covered trees along the river banks.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Goodnight from Denver. Here’s hoping for peaceful times ahead.

Pink clouds above the horizon just after sunset.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The Midwest is the Best 🏆🏆

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

In solidarity with the great state of Minnesota, enjoy this #FossilFriday image of the Giant Beaver! Like many Minnesotans, this Ice Age mega-mammal endured brutally cold climates while innocently striving to survive and protect its home. On display at the Minnesota Science Museum in St. Paul.

Fossil skeleton of the Giant Beaver, the state fossil of Minnesota.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

For this #FossilFriday, I’m highly recommending visiting the Natural History Museum of Utah to see the Ceratopsian Wall. It displays a variety of fossilized skulls of this Jurassic-Cretaceous group of rhinoceros-like dinosaurs. The one on the left is Kosmoceratops, the horny-est dinosaur ever!

Skulls of horned dinosaurs mounted on a museum wall.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

A close look at the jaws and teeth if the “Teen Rex”, displayed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. These fossils were found in the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota. Did you know that Tyrannosaurs had serrated teeth? 😳🙀🫣 #FossilFriday

A close up image if a long serrated Tyrannosaur tooth with human fingers for scale,

Fossilized jaws and teeth of a juvenile Tyrannosaur preserved in fine grained rock. Human hand for scale.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Happy Red Rocks sunset. Remember to take a break from the insanity whenever you can. #MountainMonday

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

For the first #FossilFriday of 2026, a reconstructed stegosaurus and allosaurus displayed at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Both are found in the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation. Stegosaurus is the state fossil of Colorado and was, like many Coloradans, a badass herbivore!

Reconstructed skeletons of allosaurus and stegosaurus in a museum display.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy 2026! Let’s electrify the new year.

Solar cell panels in the foreground, wind turbines in the middle ground, and electricity pylons in the background.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Weezy wishes you all a comfy and cozy holiday.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Sweet girl can’t hide her excitement for playing fetch, but she needs a minute…

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

First light on the mountains above Lake Como, Montana (in April 2024). #MountainMonday #Montana

Sunlit, snowcapped mountains with a calm lake in the foreground.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Happy #FossilFriday! Iguanodon tracks are famously preserved in Cretaceous mudflat sediments at Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado. Highly recommend viewing them at sunset.

Fossilized dinosaur tracks on an inclined rock surface, with a small sign explaining their significance.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Minnehaha Falls in early spring. A pretty sight on a fun urban trail in Minneapolis, with impressively good seafood nearby. #WaterfallWednesday

A trail leading up to a small waterfall with a stream in the foreground.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Happy #MountainMonday! Pikes Peak in late summer from Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs.

A tall bare mountain beneath broken clouds with small ridges in the foreground.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

These beautiful Front Range sunsets never get old.

Glowing clouds above mountains in the distance. Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I was a touch late for sunset, but still saw some beautiful clouds. Goodnight from Denver ☮️

Glowing clouds above an urban warehouse.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Sunset over the White Tank Mountains in November. #MountainMonday

Clouds glowing red after sunset behind the White Tank Mountains in Arizona.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Teeth make excellent fossils! Here are a few from Badlands National Park in South Dakota, all indicating amazing mammal diversity in the not-too distant geologic past. #fossilfriday

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

One of the great things about geology is it never gets boring. I’ve seen petrified logs all over North America and I’m always amazed that they exist. These are from the Triassic Chinle Formation at Petrified Forest National Park in northern Arizona.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

The aurora is visible in Denver tonight!

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Good evening, Denver ⛰️⛰️

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Installed a heated toilet seat at my sister’s house. #Minnesota #luxury #rosycheeks

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Watching a snowstorm drift southward from Lakewood. Enjoy, Colorado Springs 😁 ❄️❄️

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Courtesy of Geomorphology Rules feed on FB

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

For anyone struggling to keep a new year resolution…

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I prefer a president who isn’t afraid of the cold.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Baseball lost a legend today. RIP Bob Uecker. Your sense of humor and love of the game will live forever in the hearts of fans everywhere. My favorite baseball card of Bob posing as a left handed hitter (he was right handed 😁).

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Moonset in Lakewood, Colorado. Lovely sight on a brisk morning.

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I thought I was sad when the Packers lost, but this guy…

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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Love this thread, Jackie. I never knew about the seismoscope! I thought it was something like this

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