Welcome to Buenos Aires! We finished the first leg of our trip and arrived to a beautiful sunny day, a shocking 90°F. The 9hr flight gave us our first look at the Andes, as we flew over just after sunrise. We are too far from the city to get into town during our layover, so… Read More

Hello! I am Amanda Steckel and I am a Geology PhD student at CU Boulder. I work at LASP in Professor Brian Hynek’s group. My passion is space exploration and bridging the gap between science and engineering. Previously, I have spent several months working in Antarctica using Lidars to study how the different layers of… Read More

Hi everyone, this is Adam Solon and I am a graduate student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder. My research studies are conducted in the Alpine Microbial Observatory under the guidance of Prof. Steve Schmidt (https://alpinemicrobialobservatory.weebly.com/). I investigate microbial community assembly and succession across a spectrum of… Read More

This is Professor Brian Hynek, the principal investigator and science lead for our expedition to the world’s highest active volcano. First off, geologists define “active” as having erupted in the last 10,000 years. The last eruption is estimated at over 1000 years ago, so shouldn’t have to worry about eruptions, unlike some of the other… Read More