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Scientist @Caltech | Planetary Scientist • Geologist | Martian @NASAPersevere | Aspiring novelist | Adventurer • Mountaineer | Danish-Chinese in America
May 6, 2022 10 tweets 8 min read
Want to learn about the rocks of Mt #Everest and the #EBC trek? I am a geologist and did a couple of roadside lectures and field observations on my trek; here are some of the cool rocks l found. 1/n #geology #Himalayas #Nepal #adventure #Science #academia #nature Over 50 million years ago, there was an ocean between India and Eurasia, the Tethys ocean. The ocean closed and the two continental plates collided forming the Himalayas. The Himalayas are still growing today! 2/n