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#Geology #JamesHutton 300th birthday
geowalks.scot Angus Miller @geowalks.scot · Jun 2
Anyone got any candles? I only need 300.
Layered cake with squashed and folded chocolate cake and slab of layered light coloured cake on top.
June 2, 2026 at 1:08 PM
tleec.bsky.social
“All of Them Witches”
by #JamesHutton Nepenthe Press, 2025
#witch #witchcraft #illustration #art

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January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
jasongilchrist.bsky.social
James Hutton in Holyrood Park.
Geowalk wth Angus Miller @geowalks.scot of Edinburgh Geological Society.
Celebrating 300 years of #JamesHutton.
Scottish Geology Festival 2026.
#geowalk #geology #landscape #HolyroodPark #Edinburgh #Scotland #ScottishGeology #ScotGeolFest26
@scottishgeology.bsky.social
June 25, 2026 at 9:52 PM
tomsharperocks.bsky.social
Today’s walk had a view S along the coast of SE Scotland towards the famous geological site of #SiccarPoint. It was along this stretch of coast that #JamesHutton, Sir James Hall and John Playfair sailed in June 1788 in search of the junction between the ‘schistus’ and the overlying red sandstones.
View of coastal cliffs with fields above a choppy sea.
January 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
jasongilchrist.bsky.social
James Hutton in Holyrood Park.
Geowalk wth Angus Miller @geowalks.scot of Edinburgh Geological Society.
Celebrating 300 years of #JamesHutton.
Scottish Geology Festival 2026.
#geowalk #geology #landscape #HolyroodPark #Edinburgh #Scotland #ScottishGeology #ScotGeolFest26
@scottishgeology.bsky.social
June 25, 2026 at 10:17 PM
johnaltringham.bsky.social
The geologist James Hutton was born in Edinburgh 300 years ago tomorrow. Two slices of Scottish geology I (an ecologist) have enjoyed studying. The Moine Thrust Mylonites at Faraid Head, Balnekeil Bay and lichens on a basalt dyke in Lewisian gneiss, Raasay.

#geology #JamesHutton #DeepTime #Scotland
watercolour of dipping rock planes on a beach with numerous bedding planes and faults at right angles to each other. And a distinctive horizontal tide mark of barnacles and other lifeforms. watercolour - a basalt dyke, richly coated in colourful lichens cuts through grey Lewisian gneiss with its own grey, lichen community.
June 2, 2026 at 11:38 AM
kirstymtait.bsky.social
Just watched farmers and growers playing a blinder opening #ORFC25 orfc.org.uk

Solidarity
Sovereignty
Inclusion
Wisdom
Resistance
Love
Possibility

❤️Denise Walton for bringing #JamesHutton into the room

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January 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
johntweedie.bsky.social
This is the first video I've seen of someone actually making their way down the steep hill at Siccar Point. #geology #JamesHutton #unconformity www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx-n...
Siccar Point - crucible of geology
YouTube video by Rob Butler
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December 21, 2024 at 10:05 PM
jasongilchrist.bsky.social
James Hutton in Holyrood Park.
Geowalk wth Angus Miller @geowalks.scot of Edinburgh Geological Society.
Celebrating 300 years of #JamesHutton.
Scottish Geology Festival 2026.
#geowalk #geology #landscape #HolyroodPark #Edinburgh #Scotland #ScottishGeology #ScotGeolFest26
@scottishgeology.bsky.social
June 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
oldportraiture.bsky.social
Henry #Raeburn (1756–1823)
Portrait of #JamesHutton (1726-1797), who was #BornOnThisDay
1776
National Galleries Scotland
June 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
jasongilchrist.bsky.social
James Hutton and The Restless Earth.
Plunge into the abyss of deep geological time via music & song with Karine Polwart on BBC Radio 4...
In tercentenary year of Hutton's birth.
Celebrating 300 years of deep time thinking.
With Angus Miller @geowalks.scot.
#JamesHutton
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Illuminated, James Hutton and The Restless Earth
Plunge into the abyss of deep geological time with Karine Polwart.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 6, 2026 at 9:29 AM
tleec.bsky.social
#JamesHutton Illustration
"Ghosts of 2 a.m."
#ghost
December 31, 2024 at 4:46 AM
outdoorscots.bsky.social
Happy 300th birthday to James Hutton, 'the father of geology'. Here's a piece I wrote about Jim, Deep Time, the various events being held in his honour and the role of imagination in science:

www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/ou... #hutton300 #jameshutton #geology #geography #deeptime #scotland #edinburgh
Why James Hutton's 300th should be about celebrating creativity in science
Before Hutton became a giant of geology he studied humanities at university and recognised the importance of creativity in scientific research, writes Roger Cox
www.scotsman.com
June 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
johntweedie.bsky.social
40% of the way there. #DeepTime #JamesHutton
scottishgeology.bsky.social Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology.bsky.social · Nov 3
“300 years on from the birth of James Hutton, these ideas are still relevant. They’ve laid the foundations of geology, but they also remind us that these ongoing processes that don’t stop”

Help make the deep time trail a reality. Donate today at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/siccar-point
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
schwilly666.bsky.social
In the red! by James Hutton
#jameshutton #art
November 14, 2024 at 9:00 PM
fayyoung.bsky.social
I know, I'm married to the author so not totally impartial. But Ray Perman's a very good storyteller with a journalistic eye for human detail. His talk @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social 18 March 7-8.30pm
Hutton, by the way, was quite a human. #JamesHutton #geology
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-hutt...
James Hutton, Geologist: Hybrid Event
Ray Perman will give a talk about James Hutton, who in 1785 presented his "Theory of the Earth" and laid the foundation of modern geology.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
jasongilchrist.bsky.social
Today is end of Scottish Geology Festival 2026.
Celebrating 300yrs of James Hutton the founder of modern geology.
📸: #JamesHutton portrait, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
#ScottishGeology #Edinburgh #ScotGeolFest26
@scottishgeology.bsky.social
@nationalgalleries.bsky.social
June 30, 2026 at 10:41 PM
hutton.ac.uk
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#JamesHutton #FarmSafety
July 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
edinburghlibraries.bsky.social
Today marks the tercentenary of the birth of Dr #JamesHutton
Discover more about the man known as the ‘father of modern geology’ along with some of his leading contemporaries in our short story entitled 'John Kay and the Scottish Enlightenment' on Our Town Stories -
zurl.co/Dg18J
In a black and white etching by John Kay, Dr James Hutton is dressed in a long coat and hat holding a small hammer in front of a rock face.
June 3, 2026 at 9:15 AM
stelingard.bsky.social
"There's no vestige of beginning, no prospect of an end..." words I well know from "No Control" by #BadReligion.

Imagine my surprise to find them in my breakfast time reading...about #geology. They're from #JamesHutton, an 18th century Scottish scholar and the "father of modern geology".
A square image with the words "BAD RELIGION NO CONTROL" in a multi-coloured font on a black background. A portrait of James Hutton sat beside a desk, his legs crossed and hands clasped in his lap. He looks off to the right, and seems very calm. By Henry Raeburn, 1776. From Wikipedia.
January 23, 2026 at 8:32 AM
jasongilchrist.bsky.social
Today ends Scottish Geology Festival 2026.
Celebrating founder of modern geology James Hutton.
📸: Channeling his inner #JamesHutton, on Holyrood Park geowalk, Angus Miller of Edinburgh Geological Society.
#ScotGeolFest26 #Scotland #geology #ScottishGeology
@geowalks.scot
@scottishgeology.bsky.social
June 30, 2026 at 10:28 PM
johntweedie.bsky.social
The benefits of deep time thinking. #EarthSciences #SiccarPoint #JamesHutton www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
The benefits of 'deep time thinking'
Extending the mind into million-year timescales can feel daunting, but as Richard Fisher discovered, there are many benefits to be found by embracing a longer view.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
jasongilchrist.bsky.social
Today is end of Scottish Geology Festival 2026.
Themed on tercentenary of birth of James Hutton the founder of modern geology.
📸: Hutton's grave, Hutton at RSE, Holyrood Hutton geowalk, #JamesHutton portrait, Edinburgh, Scotland.
#ScotGeolFest26 #geology #ScottishGeology
@scottishgeology.bsky.social
June 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
johntweedie.bsky.social
Building the James Hutton Deep Time Trail crowdfunder is now a fifth of the way to its target. Can you help it along? #SiccarPoint #JamesHutton #geology www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
Building the James Hutton Deep Time Trail
We are raising vital funds for a new Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point to celebrate the life and legacy of James Hutton for his Tercentenary.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
goulven-laruelle.bsky.social
Because yesterday was the 300th anniversary of James Hutton, the father of modern #geology, here are pictures of Siccar Point I took a few years ago.

#JamesHutton #GeologyRocks #DeepTime #EarthScience #Devonian #Silurian
A close-up, eye-level shot of Hutton's Unconformity at the rocky coastline. It shows a dramatic boundary where layered, horizontal reddish-brown sandstone blocks rest directly on top of sharply pointed, vertically oriented grey rock layers. The shadow of a hand making a circular shape is cast on the lower right rock face. An outdoor educational information panel titled "SICCAR POINT" with a portrait of James Hutton, diagrams explaining how the unconformity formed, and text. In the blurry background, two people stand on a grassy cliff looking out over a deep blue sea under a partly cloudy sky. A wide-angle landscape view looking across a coastal bay in Scotland. A steep, grassy cliffside features distinct, steeply dipping layers of vibrant red sedimentary rock dropping down to a wide, flat rocky shore exposed at low tide under a cloudy sky. A high-angle view looking down a steep, vibrant green grassy slope toward the ocean. Jagged, light-grey vertical rock strata break through the soil and grass, running down toward a rocky shoreline where waves crash against the base.
June 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM