A Cetacean rib excavation & sunset for the New Year

We discovered the fossilized rib of a cetacean and spent our time intently concentrating back and forth between the beautiful bone and a wonderful sunset.  The rib was extracted as a single intact unit.  The sun eluded our capture and dissappeared into the grasp of the Winter evening.

A beautifully engaging micro-gastropod lens encountered today...



Sometimes we become enthralled by looking at the world with the hope of enjoying the journey, relishing in the goal realized, and have little need to glance sideways.  That is indeed a great occurence but such was not the case today.  I just happened to look behind, to a surface of the rock from where I had passed by, and noticed this marvelous concentration of diverse micro gastropods.  I think there might be Mitrellas, perhaps Nassarius, some Naticas, and that might be an Anadara trilineata bivalve in the middle above.