300 million years old - probably part of a stigmaria tree - on the shoreline at Joggins, Nova Scotia. Now that I finally have a DSLR, it will join my trusty C8080 on the fossil beach this summer when I revisit the place. The new palaeontological museum just opened this week so I can't wait to see it.
Brenda, this is truly unusual and interesting take on theme. I like the light and colors and this diagonal composition just fit. Very nice.
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19-Apr-2008 23:27
Thanks for the wonderful comment, oldfogey! It's always encouraging when someone recognizes the subject and understands its context. I've collected fossils at Joggins for many years now, and hope to return this summer - especially since the new palaeontological museum is going to be open. A decision on UNESCO World Heritage designation for Joggins will have been made by then as well. It's such a special site, it well deserves that recognition.
I have several fossils albums and will include the links in case anyone would like to take a look:
Thank you for making this fascinating image available to the participants of this forum. Joggins is the location of some of the most famous fossil beds in North America. In 1851 they were visited by Charles Lyell, a geologist whose work was an important influence on Charles Darwin. Together with William Dawson, Lyell discovered the remains of some of the earliest known tetrapods at this site. This splendid colorful image of an eroded rockface is one whose significance might easily be overlooked by the uninitiated.