Virtual Geosites: A New Way to Experience the Geology of Montana

“From the dinosaur-riddled badlands of the east to the structurally tortured mountains of the west, Montana’s geology spans ~3.5 billion years of earth history. The stunning geodiversity is challenging to encapsulate, visualize, and comprehend via traditional means. Certainly, the best way to experience these places is in person, however, due to a myriad of reasons, we can’t all visit these far-flung places. Here, I employ 360-degree video to create short, ~5-minute vignettes to bring stunning Montana Geosites to you. For context, I will position each Geosites into a larger interpretive geo-narrative for the state. Eventually, this project will comprise 41 Geosites for the 41st state. I invite you to join me in this adventure. During my non-traditional presentation, you will immerse yourself in a number of these sites.” – Steve Quane.
In order to do so, please bring your mobile phone, laptop computer, or virtual reality headset and a pair of headphones to the presentation.

The Brown Bag presentation will begin at noon on Wednesday, November 27th, 2024, and will last about an hour. The presentation will be held in the auditorium at the Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives located at 17 W. Quartz Street. Guests are encouraged to bring a sack lunch. Coffee and water will be provided.
Brown Bag Lunches are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. Upcoming lectures will focus on topics of local interest. For more information, contact the Archives at (406)782-3280.