Angel Rivera's Blog

 Hello sorry for the lack of posts I don't have an excuse as to why I have not summitted these posts at the appropriate due dates. I've been so out of it for the longest time my mind feels so cloudy all the time and when I want to do things I like or need to do I just can't or don't for what ever reason. Days seem to merge and become seamless at times if that makes sense? I am in shock that its already week 8 and yet it feels like time hasn't move much at all. As of writing this I still need to upload submission 6 and 7 and I guess now including this week 8. I plan to make it up this week but knowing me lets see how that goes.  I have ideas in mind as to what I will post about, I know a few places on campus that are well designed to fight against erosion and as for the volcanic blog I am not too sure of what to do. I need to look into what in slo that displays those features is easy to access for me. I don't have a car so I thought of taking a picture of bishops...

 Objective:  Explain what the viewer is looking at in the picture, and how buoyancy/isostasy is involved.  Is the object mostly submerged or mostly above the surface of the fluid?  What does the level at which the object floats in the fluid tell us about the relative densities of the object and fluid? THEM FROM ABOVE THEM FROM BELOW In the two photos we see an assortment of objects in a tub of water. 3 of which are rubber ducks of my vast personal collection. In the middle is a plastic butterfly and to the right we see a rock that has been bisected and a paper crane that is slowly absorbing the water making it less stiff. I think these objects represent the idea of   buoyancy/isostasy   well as we have a range of those who float, those who float less and those who don't float at all.  The ducks, and the crane float wonderfully as by the ratio of them submerged vs what isn't submerged leans more on the non submerged side. The butterfly is almost entirel...

 OBJECTIVE:  A mineral that is a single element.  You may find this in nature, or it may be more convenient to find it in a display case in the Baker building or in the LS office. For todays blog I will be showing you all one of my favorite minerals!! DRUM ROLLLLL PLEASEEEE 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁 ===> HALITE   (or better known as table salt) Here we see to our left is a mineral called Halite and its more common name being table salt. I am sure we all aware of what it is and what its use is but I'll explain it anyways. Halite is the natural crystalline mineral form of Sodium chloride or NaCl. It has a cubic crystal shape and its color could be white or colorless.  Its main use as one of the oldest known food seasonings is to make our food taste better. But some of its other applications could be to help preserve food like dried meats.  Below is a closer up image that I found online. Halite or salt or even rock salt can be found dissolved in bodies of water ...

 OBJECTIVE: S how a location that has experienced or is experiencing erosion.  This should be a different location than where you found weathering last week. Streams of water are clear giveaways when locating erosion. I found this stream on one of my walks to school. On April17th funny enough a whole month before this post... I am not 100% sure how long this stream has been flowing but I would say a good few years and it will keep eroding the stone little by little for many more years as I think this stream connects to maybe a flood drain? It was close to a road I pass by going to school in the mornings. I didn't explore it the most but a did see some sort of hole / maybe sewer drain? Point is its always flowing with some sort of water and this means that sediment and even bits of the stone overtime get washed away from where they started. I Can't know how far the sediment of the area has been transported but I can assume it has made it's way quite from from this rocky path...