Radioactive Red
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Many people who follow my page don’t realize that I also spent time staking uranium mining claims. It’s something I’m genuinely proud of, I consider myself a uranium prospector in addition to being an amateur nuclear physicist. I began selling uranium ore as a way to fund my
@radioactivered I am following you because that is one of the most unique hobbies I've ever encountered. I have more rad training than I ever thought possible, and that I hope to never use in the field.
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fast neutrons when they hit lead
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yeah, I don’t buy bracelets online anymore, even if they’re radioactive lmao.☢️💔
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I keep a Geiger counter in my purse, so yes. 🫡☢️👜🎀
@radioactivered You just walk around with a Geiger counter going all the time don't you
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My fave in situ lithic find, I loved how it was sticking out like this.
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bae ☢️💕
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A vintage can of M1911 pistols at Springfield Armoury. Reportedly, this is how the US military packed pistols for airdropping.
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I’ve only ever found one of these, metal arrowheads are rare in South Texas. Unlike the stone points used for thousands of years, metal points show up in the Historic period (after European contact, especially the 1700s and later) when Indigenous makers and mission blacksmiths
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This desert kingsnake (Lampropeltis splendida) wouldn’t stop moving for a picture so I had to photograph him like this,lmao.
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In South Texas, some Indigenous groups constructed burial cairns, stone mounds built by stacking local rock over graves. Archaeologists have documented cairn burials in parts of the Lower Pecos, Edwards Plateau margins, and brush country, where natural stone was available.
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Carved by ancient water levels of the Guadalupe River, this limestone wall shows the power of long-term erosion. When river levels were significantly higher, fast-moving water sculpted the rock into smooth, curved surfaces like this.
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While hiking along a rocky cliff, I came across an eastern hognose snake (Heterodon platirhinos). Instead of slithering away in fear, it chose to theatrically play dead. Needless to say, it wasn’t very convincing and rather funny.
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Lab Love 💕💍 This Valentine’s Day, see a match made in the Manhattan Project: the wedding of Marjorie Hall, Oppenheimer’s secretary, and physicist Hugh Bradner. Can you spot Oppie giving the bride away? #ValentinesDay
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Even the world’s largest digital camera has heart eyes sometimes… 😍 Our LSST Camera produced some love-ly distortions during the early optical testing of its mirrors. All part of the process to #CaptureTheCosmos for you. Happy Valentine's Day! 📷 🌌 ❤️
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A few people have asked about axes, so I wanted to share my all-time favorite personal find, a double-bit stone axe. I had this professionally documented and photographed after finding it because of its rare significance. This hafted tool would have been mounted onto a wooden
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Sometimes the ground around me feels like it’s moving…then I realize it’s just a western coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) slipping into a hole in the dirt. Home sweet home. 🏠🐍💗
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This ancient blade (now sadly broken) was crafted from root beer chert, a distinctive material from Texas’ Edwards Plateau. Its rich brown color and translucency give it an obsidian-like appearance, but it is actually a locally sourced chert.
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A nutting stone, a blade, and a broken tool. These artifacts were left behind and reveal the daily life of South Texas’ ancient peoples.
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