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Dr. Sparks ✨

@chronictectonic.bsky.social
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(Stephanie Sparks) VAP of Structural Geology + Tectonics at The College of Wooster. I like to climb rocks and think about uncertainty in numerical modeling.

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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I spent today climbing Sonnwendstein as a lovely post-conference excursion. I also befriended an 81 year old Austrian mountain enthusiast, got caught in alpine weather, and discussed the hut systems through written notes because it was easier than verbal communication.
View across forested alpine ridges near Semmering, Austria, toward hazy craggy mountain peaks emerging through clouds, with steep valleys and conifer-covered slopes in the foreground.
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This LEGO statue makes me feel like I'm in an old video game. It fits with the whole retro vibe of being at the AZ Mills mall I guess.
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
My cat-cus tattoo to commemorate my old boy kitty Spirit (RIP), a successful defense, and the whole family together in Arizona.
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
🎼🎶 Sometimes, I don't wanna feel those metal clouds 🎶🎵
Vienna, Austria. The view is to the northwest of the sun setting behind Nussberg and Leopoldsberg (vegetated hills) with several cranes (machines) in the middle ground, and trees and buildings in the foreground.
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Two weeks ago I lost my special little buddy. I miss him dearly but he's at peace now 🌈 ❤️
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
I led every route for the group this weekend out in Red Rock Canyon, except for this one. Exhausted and overexposed, I gave up and handed it over to my brother who bagged his first lead ever 🥹
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
The sun fell behind a distant range as I made it to the top of the last climb of the day 🌄
Landscape of sun going down behind craggy peaks, clear blue sky, desert vegetation, and red rocks in the foreground.
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Exposed giant sequoia root flare, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park
Multicolored and jagged woody material extending radially from the center
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
He has a new friend and they are inseparable. #CatSky
Large black and white polydactyl cat cuddles a stuffed elf while resting on a stuffed brown chair's armrest
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
View from the summit of Pico Pequeno, a volcanic cone that sits on Pico Alto (with the volcanic crater seen in the mid-ground of the photo), the tallest *peak* in Portugal - on Pico Island - part of the Azores 🌋
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Climbing at the "Corndog Wall", Granite Gardens, Granite Dells, Prescott, AZ
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 20/03/2024
Desert sunsets do not disappoint. (from Stovepipe Wells Campground, Death Valley National Park)
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Dr. Sparks ✨ @chronictectonic.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
I need help building up this earth and space science playlist! What are your favorite geology-inspired (loosely defined) songs?
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