DIY Rod vault

I put together a video on how to build a rod vault for just a tad over $100. Here's the Youtube link - https://youtu.be/3yXyrVw7gug

A Perspective that Too Few See - Fires of 2017 - Eastern Montana

The above link is to an article written by August Schield, a Montana college student. In addition to his fine writing, where he deftly crafts an apolitical style while writing about potentially political topics, he's also an excellent photographer. He's not one of my students, but the son of a friend of mine, but give it a read and I think you will be impressed by the fine work and you will get a sense of why I love working with college students in general. I get so tired of hearing the negative views of college students from those who haven't been on a college campus recently, especially when I see work like this. Read some of the other fine posts on this blog to get a better perspective on a way of life that far too few urban types get to see.

What my students do...

During my time at the University of Northern Colorado, and at Black Hills State University before that, I've been blessed by working with some really outstanding students. Although several conducted research on active volcanoes with me, most were accomplished professionals before finding their way into my office. One great example is my former student Adam LeWinter. Prior to attending UNC, Adam worked for the Extreme Ice Survey (EIS) that was featured in the award-winning documentary "Chasing Ice" (check it out on Netflix if you haven't yet seen it).  This video by the UNC press group talks about his work on both glaciers with EIS and volcanoes at UNC. Enjoy!

Galapagos and Sub-Saharan Africa video by Greg Walsh

My friends know how much I rave about Namibia. It's the most stunning place I've ever visited, and this video by my friend and videographer Greg Walsh shows some of Namibia's most stunning landscapes. The first part covers his travels to the Galapagos, followed by footage from Amboseli National Park in Kenya, Victoria Falls on the Zambia/Zimbabwe border, Chobe National Park in Botswana, and finally Sossusvlei in Namibia (the beautiful, sandy landscape that appears at 6:30). I find the Amboseli and Sossusvlei sections the most spectacular. Enjoy!


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Travel to Mars!

This is amazing!!!  There are a few things that you should keep in mind as you watch this. First, we know more about the topography of Mars than we do Earth (our ocean floors are poorly covered). Mars is ~1/2 the diameter of Earth, has ~1/3 of the gravity, liquid water is not stable on the surface (water on Mars acts like dry ice on Earth), and surface temperatures range from nearly 70 degrees F at the equator during the day to -155 F near the poles at night (average temperature is dang cold - about -65 or so). Make sure to click the little "HD" near the bottom and choose 2K.



A FICTIVE FLIGHT ABOVE REAL MARS from Jan Fröjdman on Vimeo.

Want to see a lava lake in action?

Here's one hour of the lava lake at Kilauea compressed into 34 seconds. I took this with my GoPro at sunset in 2014. Remember, this crater is the size of the Superdome!

What Volcanologists Do - Our LiDAR research featured on BBC's VolcanoLive - Now on Youtube.

A couple of years ago, I had the good fortune of working with the fine folks at the BBC and my former student, friend, and now colleague Dave Finnegan (all of these cool LiDAR machines belong to Dave and his group at the Cold Regions Research Lab in New Hampshire) to feature our LiDAR research. We are mentioned early and show up around the 45 minute mark. This was a four night live broadcast from Hawaii to Europe, and was viewed by a couple million people. Pretty cool opportunity! Once you pull up the video, scroll down to the lower right of the video and click on the settings wheel and choose the 1080p setting so you can view it in high def. You can also find the other three episodes on youtube as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vdmKCG0f4M&t=42s