Category: Updates
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A Dinosaur Bone – Molding and Casting
The prosauropod dinosaur skeletons at the Fundy Geological Museum are 200 million years old. They are extremely fragile and must be handled carefully to maintain them in safe (archival) condition. The Fossil Research Lab at the Fundy Geological Museum is where these and other Nova Scotia fossils are treated and studied. The staff and researchers…
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Dinosaur Footprints in Bay of Fundy
Brief Report – Field Trip to Wasson Bluff: The air was below zero this morning, with the first snowfall of the year having fallen two days ago. The low tide height in Parrsboro was 2.96 m today at 1:42 pm. The sun was out for most of the early afternoon, which provided good (oblique) lighting…
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On an Ancient Shoreline
The Bay of Fundy is a magical place. Whales can be seen in the deeper water of the Bay during the summer, coming here to feed and play in the warmer water. Along the shoreline the highest tides in the world rise and fall 15 meters twice a day. The Canadian winter storms unleash large…