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Melanie Formosa

2 dispatches · Kilbourne Hole

From Passion Project to NASA: How Putting Data In Context Changed One Engineer’s Career

Ben Feist stood against the dusty wind at the Potrillo volcanic field. “Nothing like chasing your hat across the desert,” he quipped. The software engineer stood in the midst of a 400-square-mile otherworldly environment of parched land, craters and lava flows.

Kilbourne Hole

Kilbourne Hole: Through My Eyes

Eight-hour days in the desert leave their mark on a pair of boots — and on the person wearing them. A student journalist on what the field teaches: geology, gratitude, saying yes, and the correct emoji for awkwardness.