by cambrian650mya | Oct 19, 2016 | fossils |
THE EXPLOSION OF LIFE Life began very early in Earth’s history, perhaps nearly 4 billion years ago, but complex life, animals that we might recognize, literally exploded onto the scene in the early Cambrian time, some 500+ million years ago. Before that were...
by cambrian650mya | Oct 19, 2016 | mountains, volcanoes |
And I would have liked to have known you But I was just a kid Your candle burned out long before Your legend ever did -Elton John, Candle In The Wind THE FLEETING GLORY OF YOUTH It is surprisingly difficult to find good photographs of pre-1980 Mount St Helens. There...
by cambrian650mya | Oct 19, 2016 | DNA, Greenland, mountains |
SECRETS OF THE BIG EMPTY Greenland. The name alone beckons forth a dull-white canvas so vast and subtle that detail is difficult to apprehend even at the widest embrace of the human eye. At greater distances, contradictions emerge that only add to the mystique of this...
by cambrian650mya | Oct 19, 2016 | mountains, plates |
THE FIRST FIFTEEN MILLISECONDS GJH member John Daily, who happens to be a nationally recognized crash expert, finds his deepest joy in crashing vehicles into each other. It could be a mini cooper and a cement truck, a couple of pickup trucks, maybe a corvette and a...
by cambrian650mya | Oct 19, 2016 | crinoids, fossils |
KEEPING ONE EYE ON THE BIGGER PICTURE July, 2016 It is easy to understand why some people are so obsessed with fossils. Our geography and weather, our families and friends, hopes and dreams, plans and schemes – all of the substance that constitutes our...
