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I've just made the most beautiful piri piri chicken...... traditional Portuguese. If you'd like the recipe for the sauce...DM....

It's Mrs Magma's birthday today so checked out some of the beautiful deserted beaches and sampled the local seafood @os_salgados ⚒️⛏️🦞 #geology #beach #bioclastic #limestone #sandstone #covaredonda #pera #algarve #geologyrocks #portugal #magmageological

The moon looking spectacular over Praia da Luz last night #moon #lua #praiadaluz #algarve #portugal #magmageological 🌙🌚🌕⚒

Not a bad view from the cabin 👷‍♂️⚒🔬🛢 #offshore #oilandgas #northsea #geology #wellsitegeologist #wellsite #jackup #rig #riglife #magmageological

The new T-shirts have arrived! #magmageological

The very full River Dee while out on my lockdown walk in Aberdeen. Lots of snow melt in there I think! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧊🥶 #magmageological

Well, after 10 months at home (not all bad when you live at the beach!) due to Covid restrictions, it's time to get back to work ⚒🔬🇵🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿#geology #offshore #riglife #northsea #magmageological

A little bit of nature to ease into the New Year 😎⚒⛏🔬🇵🇹🦖#geology #praiadaluz #beach #volcanic #sandstone #mudstone #fossils #algarvelifestyle #geologyrocks #geologypage #portugal #magmageological

Happy New Year when it comes. Feliz Ano Novo- pernil de porco mmm 🥳🎊🎉🍻

A little bit of Praia da Odeceixe and some beautiful quartz veining 😎🇵🇹⚒ #geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #carboniferous #turbidites #limestone #marl #folding #structuralgeology #quartz #beach #sand #ocean #surf #sea #costavicentina #praiadaodeceixe #odeceixe #algarve #portugal #magmageological

A little bit of the Jurassic Mudstones and the Triassic sandstone inlier at Praia do Amado. Some great fining up sequences in the continentally derived Silves Sandstone and a beautiful sandstone/conglomerate contact. Picture 10 is a mystery boulder.... any ideas? ⚒🇵🇹😎🔆🌊🏖 #geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #triassic #jurassic #sandstone #conglomerate #mudstone #boulders #sand #ocean #surf #sea #costavicentina #praiadoamado #portugal #algarve #magmageological

A little bit of limestone erosion at Vila Nova de Milfontes 😎🇵🇹⚒ #geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #carboniferous #turbidites #limestone #karst #marl #folding #structuralgeology #beach #sand #ocean #surf #sea #vilanovademilfontes #costavicentina #alentejo #portugal #magmageological

Spectacular folding in the Carboniferous rocks of Praia de Monte Clérigo. Wouldn't fancy trying to map that lot!!!! 😎🇵🇹⚒ #geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #carboniferous #turbidites #limestone #marl #folding #structuralgeology #beach #sand #ocean #surf #sea #praiademonteclérigo #costavicentina #algarve #portugal #magmageological

The beautiful beach at Zambujeira do Mar 😎🇵🇹⚒ #geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #carboniferous #turbidites #limestone #marl #folding #structuralgeology #beach #sand #ocean #surf #sea #zambujeiradomar #costavicentina #alentejo #portugal #magmageological

A little bit of the amazing structure exposed at low tide at Praia de Odeceixe 😎🇵🇹⚒ #geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #carboniferous #turbidites #limestone #marl #folding #structuralgeology #beach #sand #ocean #surf #sea #odeceixe #costavicentina #algarve #alentejo #portugal #magmageological

A wee rock my brother found in Killiecrankie, Scotland.... any ideas ?

Beach days 😎🇵🇹⚒ #geology #beach #surf #sea #seaside #waves #sand #algarve #praiadomartinhal #portugal #magmageological

Trace fossils, possibly Thalassinoides, found in the sandstones of the Lower Cretaceous Palorbitolina Beds just to the west of Praia da Luz. Probably around 125 million years old and thought to have been produced perhaps by some sort of burrowing crustacean ⚒🇵🇹😎 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #sandstone #seaside #fossils #thalassinoides #tracefossil #lowercretaceous #cretaceous #praiadaluz #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Gneiss fish ⚒🇵🇹😎 #geology #gneiss #alvor #portugal #magmageological

How about this. Given to Magma by someone very special. When times are hard this means everything 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😘

The water looking crystal clear around Luz Bay ⚒🇵🇹😎 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #praiadaluz #surf #sand #seaside #shore #rochanegra #luzformation #sea #magmageological

Taking in the view from on top of the Luz Formation cliffs ⚒🇵🇹😎 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #limestone #sandstone #claystone #fossils #sand #surf #beach #sea #praiadaluz #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Looking east from the hills above Praia da Luz towards Ponta Da Piedade ⚒🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹😎 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #limestone #claystone #sea #sand #surf #caves #grutas #praiadaluz #pontadapiedade #portugal #magmageological

Rocha Negra looking good in the late afternoon sunshine ⚒😎🇵🇹 # geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #breccia #rochanegra #basalt #sea #sand #surf #waves #beach #praiadaluz #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Luz in the sun ⚒🇵🇹 #geology #portugal #praiadaluz #beach #sun #walking #claystone #surf #sand #linestone #magmageological

Bridport Sands in Dorset. Photographed in 1993 on a field trip with the University! ⚒😎 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #sandstone #jurassic #dorset #bridport #broadchurch #magmageological

Pillow lavas intruded by dykes... part of the Troodos Ophiolite sequence photographed on my Edinburgh University field trip to Cyprus in 1995 😎⚒ #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #lava #pillowlava #basalt #cyprus #magmageological

Contemplating pore pressure ⚒👷‍♂️🔬..... #northsea #geology #geologypage #formationpressure #mpd #magmageological

Swift 2 weeks at home and it's time to go again. See you tomorrow Maersk Highlander ⚒🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹👷‍♂️🔬#geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #riglife #wellsitegeologist #northsea #rig #drilling #oilandgas #offshore #magmageological

A little bit of sculpture in Portimão- this one's a nautilus ⚒🇵🇹 #geology #paleontology #fossils #sculpture #portimão #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Look out above! Recent heavy rains have led to lots of rock falls along the Lower Cretaceous cliffs of Praia da Luz ⚒🇵🇹☄👷‍♂️ #geology #geologyrocks #sand #beach #sea #surf #praiadaluz #algarve #coast #

The only chilli sauce suitable for Magma Geological!! ⚒🤪👌🌶🌶 #geology #lavaflow #chilli #hotsauce #christmasgifts #magmageological

Time for the journey to work again.... kind of glad I don't have to walk! #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #offshore #rig #riglife #northsea #magmageological

Boca do Inferno #limestone #karst #hellmouth #geology #sea #magmageological

Check out my beautiful wife's Etsy shop and get a beautiful Christmas gift! #Repost @vertseashandcraftedjewellery • • • • • • Portugal H🔴 H⚫️ H⚪️ Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? Check out my Etsy Store for some great handmade gift ideas for every girl on your list! #campaignshopindependent Shop link in bio Happy Friday everyone! xoxo . . #vertseas #christmasgifts #giftideasforher #handmadejewelry #handmadeisbetter #shopsmall

Happy Halloween from the rig! 👻🧛‍♂️⚒🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #halloween #rig #geology #offshore #magmageological

Flaring off a bit tonight! #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #oilandgas #oilfield #offshore #offshorelife #northsea #rig #flareboom #magmageological

This is an old photo I took about a year ago but I like it. Rocks masquerading as fossils; like an ancient whale skeleton being slowly unearthed by the ocean 😎⚒🇵🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #geologist #geology #geologypage #rocks #fossils #palaeontology #sea #sun #beach #waves #surf #sand #praiadacordoama #costavicentina #portugal #magmageological

Sunrise at work ⚒😎👷‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🛢🌅...#geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #oilfield #offshore #offshorelife #northsea #rig #riglife #wellsitegeologist #oilandgas #magmageological

Well, after a longer than expected trip at home, he I go again. Time to start a new contract, new rig and, hopefully, a bit of steady work 👍🤞🛢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🔬✈🚁👷‍♂️

Praiada Luz looking beautiful in the summer sun ⚒🏝😎🇵🇹#geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #rocks #stones #bikini #swim #sandstone #sand #beach #surf #cretaceous #mudstone #sea #praiadaluz #portugal #algarve #magmageological

Erosion of the 22 million year old bioclastic limestones make for a beautiful beach at #praiadarocha ⚒🇵🇹🏝 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #beach #sand #limestone #bioclastic #fossils #shells #echinoid #surf #waves #sea #praiadarocha #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Summer is here! The Scotsman is ready to lose the blue and get a wee bit pink!.. ⚒🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇹🏝😎 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #offshore #praiadaluz #algarve #portugal #scotland #scottishgeologist #magmageological

A few shots of the Miocene fossiliferous limestones of Praia De Dona Ana ⚒😎🇵🇹#geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #sea #limestone #fossils #surf #miocene #praiadedonaana #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Caves and rocks ⚒😎🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #portugal #limestone #quintadaregaleira #magmageological

I'm watching you.....⚒😎🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #geologist #limestone #sand #sandstone #waves #beach #portugal #algarve #benagil #benagilcaves #magmageological

Great example of a stack in the Miocene Bioclastic Limestone of Praia da Marinha ⚒😎👍🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #limestone #sand #sandstone #waves #beach #stacks #surf #sea #miocene #bioclastic #shells #fossils #echinoid #algarve #praiadamarinha #portugal #magmageological

The caves of Benagil cut into the 20 million year old Miocene Limestones ⚒😎🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #limestone #bioclastic #fossils #caves #blowhole #arch #stack #coastalerosion #sea #surf #sand #sandstone #waves #beach #portugal #algarve #nofilter #magmageological

The caves of Benagil cut into the 20 million year old Miocene Limestones ⚒😎🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #limestone #bioclastic #fossils #caves #blowhole #arch #stack #coastalerosion #sea #surf #sand #sandstone #waves #beach #portugal #algarve #magmageological

Enjoying the view of the Carboniferous turbidite cliffs ⚒😎🇵🇹 #geologist #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #carboniferous #turbidites #limestone #claystone #marl #gravityflow #variscanorogeny #hercynianorogeny #boumasequence #surf #sea #beach #sand #waves #costavicentina #zambujeradomar #algarve #portugal #magmageological

The arch at Ponta Da Piedade ⚒😎🇵🇹 #geologist #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #fossils #coastalerosion #arch #stack #sandstone #limestone #sea #sand #beach #surf #algarve #portugal #pontadapiedade #magmageological

Hypnotic...⚒😎🇵🇹 #geology #waves #sea #surf #mar #praia #praiadaluz #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Amazing coastal geology ⚒😎🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #geologist #limestone #sand #sandstone #shells #sea #algarve #pontdapiedade #portugal #magmageological

The Carboniferous rocks of Arrifana looking good in the sunshine ⚒😎🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #arrifana #carboniferous #turbidites #shale #limestone #beach #sand #surf #sun #magmageological

Lisbon weekends 👌🇵🇹 #lisbon #lisboa #lisbonportugal #magmageological

Time to make footprints...😎⚒🇵🇹#geology #beach #sand #surf #praia #waves #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Praia da Arrifana 😎👌⚒ #beach #geology #sun#surf #sand #algarve #costavicentina #magmageological

Good enough to swim? #geology #beach #surf #sagres #algarve #portugal #sand #sea #magmageological

First leg if the journey home. Train from Norwich to Gatwick and it's 17 degrees in February... the weather is strange! #geology #geologypage #wellsitegeologist #wellsite #oilriglife #riglife #england #magmageological

It's been a very nice (and fast) week of this. Now it's time to head back to work.... ⚒🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚁🌨 #geology #wellsite #wellsitegeologist #offshore #offshorelife #rig #riglife #northsea #drilling #magmageological

Well, after what felt like a very quick week home, it's back to work for Neptune in what I expect will be slightly colder conditions than in this photo! ⚒😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚁🌨#geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #wellsite #wellsitegeologist #wellsitegeology #praiadarocha #northsea #drilling #riglife #offshore #magmageological

Settling in for a day in Lisbon Airport after missing my connecting flight to Faro #airport #cafeduplo #lisboa #magmageological

Tasty treats at work ⚒🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌋#offshore #geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #oilriglife #oilandgas #riglife #drilling #wellsite #wellsitegeologist #wellsitegeology #grannysookers #cidreiratea #cidreira #magmageological

Happy New Year to all of my followers from #magmageological ⚒🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎉🌋 #geology #geologypage #geologypage #riglife #oilriglife #oilandgas #northsea #wellsitegeologist #wellsitegeology #rocks

After a wonderful Christmas it's back to work in a rather cool North Sea #geology #wellsitegeology #wellsite #wellsitegeologist #northsea #geologyrocks #geologypage #oilandgas #drilling #riglife #oilriglife #magmageological

Merry Christmas from #magmageological! All the best to everyone!

Merry Christmas from #magmageological

Tools of the trade ⚒🔬#geology #geologrocks #wellsitegeologist #wellsite #loggingunit #mudloggers #northsea #oilfieldlife #oilfield #rigs #riglife #offshore #microscope #rocksamples #magmageological

Tools of the trade. Drill bit coming out of the hole and then a few shots of it cleaned up on surface. A bit larger than you're used to! @kennedyfinecarpentry ⚒ #geology #geologrocks #wellsitegeologist #northsea #oilfieldlife #oilfield #riglife #rigs #drilling #oilandgas #gasfield #rigfloor #drillbit #magmageological

Not a bad sunset ⚒👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌅 #geology #wellsitegeologist #oilfieldlife #riglife #oilrig #northsea #sunset #sea #geologyrocks #geologypage #magmageological

A few shots of the current workplace offshore UK #geology #wellsitegeologist #northsea #wintersun #riglife #geologyrocks #geologypage #derrick #pipedeck #cranes #sea #magmageological ⚒🔬🚁

Check out my beautiful, creative wife's jewellery and accessory Etsy store! Grab yourself a bargain in the opening sale! The perfect gift for the upcoming festive season! @vertseashandcraftedjewellery #vertseas #handcrafted #jewellery #polymerclay

Time for work...#geology #rigs #riglife #wellsitegeologist #wellsite #northsea #magmageological

#geology #geologrocks #geologypage #sandstone #limestone #fossil #portugal #algarve #magmageological

Fun for grown up geologists too! ⚒😂😎#geology #geologrocks #geologypage #rocks #bouncycastle #geologicalpark #familytime #funpark #magmageological

The last days of summer 2018. Looking forward to finishing up on the rig and heading back to views like this 😎#geology #geologrocks #geologypage #beach #sand #surf #rocks #folds #bluesky #Carboniferous #algarve #praiadamonteclerigo #costavicentina #portugal #magmageological

Ready for another night shift #geology #wellsitegeologist #geologrocks #geologypage #wellsite #drilling #platform #oilfieldlife #rigs #riglife #nightshift #magmageological

Ready for another night shift.....#geology #geologrocks #geologypage #wellsitegeologist #wellsite #oilfieldlife #oilfield #oilrig #scotland #offshore #work #magmageological

Time to go to work! #magmageological

Nice 10k hike along the Lower Cretaceous cliffs from Praia da Luz to Praia das Cabanas Velhas ⚒😎☀️🏖 #geology #geologrocks #geologypage #lowercretaceous #sand #mudstone #sandstone #marl #limestone #sea #beach #surf #hiking #walking #cliffs #algarve #praiadaluz #praiadascabanasvelhas #burgau #portugal #magmageological

Texture in turbidites #geology #geologrocks #geologypage #turbidites #shale #monteclerigobeach #algarve #costavicentina #portugal #magmageological

Not sure what this is. It's in the Carboniferous turbiditic shales of Praia da Monte Clérigo. Could be fossil wood but not sure how in a turbiditic environment. My initial thought was bone but again unlikely in the Carboniferous. All answers/thoughts accepted 🦖🤙😎

One of the best beaches I've been to along the Costa Vicentina. Excellent Carboniferous geology and great waves! #geology #geologrocks #geologypage #Carboniferous #turbidites #shales #claystone #surf #sand #beach #monteclerigobeach #algarve #portugal #surfer #waves #rocks #magmageological

Beautiful folds in the black Carboniferous shales on Praia da Monte Clérigo #geology #geologrocks #geologypage #carboniferous #folds #shales #turbidites #flysch #costavicentina #monteclerigobeach #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Marls and limestones of the turbidites on Praia de Vale Figueira #geology #geologypage #geologrocks #limestone #marl #shale #turbidites #flysch #sand #beach #sea #surf #algarve #portugal #valedefigueira #magmageological

Plenty of bivalves in tonight's offering....#clams #paella #baiadaluz #algarve #portugal #dinner #friends #magmageological

"We bones that are here, we are waiting for yours"... Not really geology but more archaeology. In 16 hundred and something the good people of Evora decided to dig up all the dead around and incorporate them in the chapel. This is the result. # bones#skeletons #ossos #evora #creepy #chapel #dead #magmageological

Back in the old days..... hard at work in 2011. ⚒🚁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👷‍♂️#geology #oilfield #oilfieldlife #offshore #northsea #rigs #rocks #wellsitegeologist #wellsite #magmageological

Rolling stones #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #rocks #beach #sand #surf #algarve #portugal #pedras #magmageological

Finally....... heading offshore tomorrow. Back to work. 😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚁

A little bit of cross stratification in the sandstones on Praia da Amoreira. These possibly represent a little slice of the Triassic preserved here but I didn't wade across the river in front of me to have a closer look! 😎⚒⛏🇵🇹#geology #geologyrocks #geologypage #rocks #triassic #sandstone #sand #crossbedding #stratigraphy #beach #sea #surf #praiadaamoreira #costavicentina #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Some very fine examples of flute casts in the Praia da Amoreira turbidites. Scour marks and flute casts are scours dug into soft, fine sediment, particularly turbidites as in this case, which typically get filled by an overlying bed (hence the name cast). Measuring the long axis of the flute cast gives the direction of flow, with the tapered end pointing toward the flow and the steep end up current. The concavity of the flute cast also points stratigraphically up. Flute casts can be characterized into four types, parabolic, spindle-shaped, comet-shaped, and asymmetrical. These particular examples are generally parabolic. 😎⚒⛏🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #turbidites #shale #limestone #marl #beach #sea #sand #flutecast #scourmark #loadcast #structuralgeology #surf #shore #havaianas #wayupcriteria #Carboniferous #praiadaamoreira #algarve #portugal #costavicentina #magmageological

A little bit more of the Carboniferous structure in the turbidites on Praia da Amoreira 😎⚒⛏🇵🇹 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #carboniferous #turbidites #shale #sand #sea #surf #seashore #seaside #praia #limestone #marl #structure #folding #structuralgeology #variscanorogeny #flysch #praiadaamoreira #algarve #portugal #costavicentina #magmageological

Hard to beat Praia da Amoreira for some amazing structure in the Carboniferous turbidites 😎⚒⛏🇵🇹#geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #carboniferous #folding #turbidites #shale #sea #sand #beach #layers #praiadaamoreira #algarve #portugal #magmageological

Some of the folded Carboniferous turbidites of SW Portugal. Great geology!⚒🏖 #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #turbidites #flysch #blackshale #shale #sea #beach #folding #layered #carboniferous #variscanorogeny #praiadaamoreira #algarve #viladobispo #portugal #magmageological

A visit to Dundee and the RRS Discovery. The ship took Captain Scott and his crew, geologists amongst them, to the Antarctic in 1911. #geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #dundee #rssdiscovery #discoverydundee #3masts #woodenships #antarctica #captainscott #magmageological

Happy Father's Day! No longer with us but in my thoughts every day.

An old one but a nice one. Ripple marks on Portobello Beach, Edinburgh.#ge 😎⛏⛏⚒#geology #geologypage #geologyrocks #sand #surf #beach #sea #scotland #magmageological