The Tasty Tales of the Tiny Tumultuous Tomato

Here are the tales of Geoff the tomato:

Water Cycle

I am posting the video of the coast guard ship hitting the Japan tsunami wave out at sea. It is crazy to see what it looks like way out at sea when you know the devestation that it holds when it crashes into Japan. It is amazing to see such calm water all around while such a massive movement of water is barreling through the sea. It said in the description of the clip that 2 more waves followed the one shown. This tsunami was the result of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake that struck offshore. The sudden shift in tectonic plates down on the base of the ocean is the cause for such a tsunami.

Myth of the Chupacabra

When I was trying to think of a random animal to post I thought of the Chupacabra lol. It is a long time urban myth to those living in Mexico. Its a small furry creature, about the size of a medium dog, with razor sharp teeth and sharp front paws.  It is believed that they can kill animals up to the size of cows. Haha

Lawernce Berkeley National Laboratory

This is the Lawernce Berkeley National Laboratory located on the coast of California. It has a lot of areas of study but includes Earth Sciences Division, and Enviornmental Energy Technology Division. It also studies divisions of engineering and physics which interests me.

Cohutta Wilderness - Park

This is the Cohutta Wilderness Park located in northern GA. My friends and I frequently hike and camp here. It is also the home to Jack's Falls which is an amazing little waterfall with some small cliffs that you can jump off. Its just a ton of fun hiking there.

http://blueridgemountains.com/cohuttas.html

Geo Feature - Cave of Swallows

This is the massive hole in Mexico that people base jump into a lot. It is a 1,094 foot freefall to the bottom with a mouth of about 200 feet wide. It is called The Cave of Swallows, or Sotano de las Golondrias. I would love to base jump or bungie jump soon so this geologic site is very cool and interesting to me.

Map of Tour De France Stage 19

This choropleth map explains the elevation change of the 19th stage in the Tour De France. As the color goes more yellow to red it indicates a high elevation. And all of this can be seen on the graph on the bottom of the photo. You can see the high peak on the graph (near the end) refers to when the blue track goes over the mountain top (near the front of map). I really like this map because I watched the race this year and it's cool to see just how much climbing they did in just a single stage.