Bill Minarik<p>Imagine parting the veils of clouds that obscure Venus, and seeing through the crustal basalts to understand the mantle beneath. This is the journey Julia Semprich (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@planetju" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>planetju</span></a></span>) took us on as the Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Lecturer.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MinSocAm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinSocAm</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/McGillUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>McGillUniversity</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Venus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venus</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mantle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mantle</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PlanetaryScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetaryScience</span></a></p>