observation – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Total internal reflection

mglessmer — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 08:42:04 +0000

In the “static apnea” discipline in freediving, many cool pictures of athletes are taken underwater in a way that plays with the reflection of the athlete in the still water surface. This can lead to pretty spooky pictures (like the one of Victor in the top left). We do have other experiences with water, where […]

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Solar eclipse!

mglessmer — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:58:55 +0000

The effort that went into today’s solar eclipse is nothing compared to the one in 2015, when we made it the topic of a workshop on how to use PBL in teaching (where the second session was happening exactly at the time of the solar eclipse, so we made it the topic of our case, which […]

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Insta takeover on snowflake formation

mglessmer — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:54:10 +0000

Back in December, I did a takeover of the Instagram account of WissKommSquad, a community of german science communicators. I translated it over new years, but somehow never published it. I have since taken tons of much better pictures of snowflakes, but the story I’m telling here is still interesting, I think: How snow and […]

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Marine energy: Tides. A guest post by Manel Camacho

mglessmer — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:21:04 +0000

Today’s guest post is brought to you by Manel Camacho. Manel and I met on Twitter and bonded over our joint love of wave watching — me as a dedicated amateur, Manel as PhD student in marine energy. Today, Manel is giving us a glimpse into what marine energy is all about. Enjoy! :-) — […]

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New #WaveWatching series happening over on Elin’s blog: #BergenWaveWatching!

mglessmer — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 06:49:37 +0000

Kjersti, Steffi, Elin and I recently discussed ways to better integrate the GEOF105 student cruise into the course. Right now, even though students write a report about their work on the student cruise, it’s pretty much a one-off event with little connection to what happens before and after, which is a pity. Having a whole research […]

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Fog showing stream lines around cruise liner

mglessmer — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 06:43:07 +0000

Whenever I get out of my house and it looks like this, I am slightly disappointed because it means that the wave watching that morning will not be ideal. I mean, I like colorful sunrises as much as the next person, buuuut… Today, at least, the fog was kinda interesting, also because there was a […]

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Lüneburg — how a few centimetres in distance separate two seemingly completely different bodies of water

mglessmer — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 13:05:44 +0000

Sightseeing is best when it involves a little water watching, like for example last weekend in Lüneburg. Doesn’t it look intriguing below, the change from a calm, mirror-like surface to something a lot less regular on the other side of the bridge? Take it in: so peaceful! Although, judging by the plants growing in the […]

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Watching the tides cause an hydraulic jump in the Irish Sea!

mglessmer — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:56:47 +0000

Looking at the picture above, taken in the South Walney Island Nature Reserve on our walk yesterday, what is the first thing you notice? For me, it is not the cute little hide which is a perfect spot for seal and bird watching, for me it is — obviously! — what is going on with […]

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Enjoying the South Walney Island Nature Reserve

mglessmer — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 07:19:05 +0000

Wanna come on a walk with me and Astrid around the southern tip of Walney Island? This is what our parking spot looked like when we arrived (we did park on this side of the gate, obviously). I find the salt marshes so impressive — all that grass that gets flooded every 12 hours! At […]

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An art & science collaboration with Wlodek Brühl: #dropphotography

mglessmer — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 13:05:10 +0000

If you are here because you saw my title or talk at the Science in Public conference in Manchester and are curious about #dropphotography as a form of art&science collaboration in scicomm — a special welcome to you! If you are here for any other reason — welcome anyway! :-) One of my favourite pet projects right […]

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