Showing posts with label eocene. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eocene. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Look, up in the sky, it's a whale!
True, if your definition of "sky" includes right over your head inside a large room. But this is a skeleton of the Eocene toothed whale Basilosaurus cetoides, which is the Alabama state fossil. This image is on the new postcard from the Geological Survey of Alabama. If you are in Tuscaloosa, stop by and get one (or several); they're free.
Monday, May 26, 2014
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Salt Mountain
salt ponds cut so long ago
shaded by a mountain of
corals sponges snails and clams
the Eocene sea they lived in
gurgles up along a fault
bearing halite: that precious mineral
making all foods good
salt ponds cut so long ago
shaded by a mountain of
corals sponges snails and clams
the Eocene sea they lived in
gurgles up along a fault
bearing halite: that precious mineral
making all foods good
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