Russia weakens us, China swoops in. I hate it here.

Shout out to the French press corps.

I know I promised *photos*. Instead, here’s a phone-based lidar scan of 1.8 billion yr old folded and faulted gneiss in an alluvial fan emanating from the Black Mtns in Death Valley. These were the roots of a Himalaya-like Mtn range associate with Yavapi Orogeny. Interact with model👇🏼
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