Scientists at Work Make Us All Envious

wow great trend! a little mountain stream geomorphology for #BestFieldWorkPic pic.twitter.com/THCOQjuoKb

— james farrell (@sigma_three) April 20, 2015

#BestFieldWorkPic When I banded this tiny baby bird. Yes, this is a nestling ferruginous hawk. @Wild49Eco #wild49 pic.twitter.com/oCWj4LiVLo

— Janet Ng (@janetngbio) April 21, 2015

Did someone ever tell you -possibly in school- that science is boring? Maybe parts of it can be, but real scientists get to experience things the rest of the world can only marvel at. After you’ve spent years sitting in class, the payoff is when you get to study our beautiful Earth up close and personal.

On Monday, zoologist Michelle Jewell proposed that scientists share photographs of their field work, and the response has been awesome. I picked out a few of my favorites to share here, but there are plenty more, and they are still rolling in at Twitter. You can see them all under the Twitter hashtag #BestFieldWorkPic.  -via The Daily Dot

Hard to choose just one #BestFieldWorkPic - here's me being greeted by super curious Adelie penguins! pic.twitter.com/A3iL3Mvx8I

— Jane Younger (@jane_younger) April 21, 2015

Shark survey #BestFieldWorkPic pic.twitter.com/HYUiOUMEI5

— dr. brooke flammang (@FlammangLab) April 20, 2015

My #BestFieldWorkPic is my twitter avatar. Measuring discharge in a spring-fed stream during my PhD. pic.twitter.com/Hf5KOQhoTl

— Anne Jefferson (@highlyanne) April 20, 2015

#BestFieldWorkPic from honours fieldwork in Murray Sunset NP pic.twitter.com/lk1TuodhqQ

— Connie Warren (@connievwarren) April 21, 2015