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 This week I hiked Bishops Peak, which happens to also be a volcano plug. This volcano plug formed about 20 million years ago and when it was active, it basically looked like any old volcano. The rocks I observed around the area and at the peak would most likely be intrusive since when a volcanic plug is formed, the magma from a volcano solidifies and created a rock formation. I really liked this hike and the geological features on this hike were very cool! The first photo I took on Wednesday around 3pm at the peak and the second photo is me driving next to it earliar today since I forgot to take a picture of myself at the top. 

 For this week's blog, I decided to take picture of my lava lamp! This fun little light has a really hot lightbulb at the bottom which heats up the wax inside so that it can flow throughout the lamp. Lava lamps use convection in the sense that the hottest wax floats to the top while the cool wax sinks to the bottom. While turned on after heating up the wax flows around and it looks super cool! Below I've included some pictures that I took on Sunday night around 10 pm. Have a great week!

 This week I went out to Laguna Lake in San Luis Obispo for my blog post prompt. This reservoir off the fairly busy Madonna Road is one place where humans have significantly manipulated the landscape. As you may be able to see in the photo this body of water is significantly large and the progression of this reserve is managed by a construction team in SLO. In addition to the body of water being managed by humans, the surrounding park has also been influenced. This park contains a frisbee golf course, in addition to a park, and some parking lots scattered around the area. For example, in order to create a frisbee golf course, flat ground is required, therefore humans have changed the topopgraphy by cutting down trees and such in order to produce the ideal environment for this activity. Each of these are non natural aspects that have been added to the landscape by humans and have manipulated the topography. Below I have included some photos!