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To celebrate the reopening of the Museum’s Prep Lab last year, we began work on an exciting new project: a sandstone block from Utah that was collected in the early 1900s at what is now Dinosaur National Monument. We knew that we had some type of dinosaur encased in the rock, but which one? September 23 marks the on...
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From the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge Website: Discovered in 1877 by Arthur Lakes and company, the Dinosaur Ridge Bone Site was originally referred to as Morrison Quarry Number Five. Of the 14 quarries in the area, only four actually produced bones – 1, 5, 8, and 10. Quarry Number 5 is the Dinosaur Ridge Bone Quarry...
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Quoting from the Friends of Dinosaur Ridge website (www.dinoridge.org
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Denver's Red Rocks park not only includes a famous concert venue, but also an incredibly rich set of geologic and paleontologic sites, including the fabulous Dinosaur Ridge.
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Niagara Falls actually consists of three waterfalls -- the Horseshoe Falls (sometimes called the Canadian Falls); Bridal Veil Falls; and the American Falls. Islands divide the three falls from one another and this picture was taken looking from Goat Island toward Canada across the Horseshoe Falls.
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Devil's Doorway stands high above Devil's Lake. Made of the 1.7 billion year old, incredibly durable Baraboo Quartzite, the Doorway offers an impressive view of the lake and its moraine dam.
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This prehistoric ocean floor is the World’s largest exposure of quartz conglomerate (also called ocean spar or puddingstone) and attracts thousands of visitors yearly.
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The Kinzua Bridge fell in a tornado in 2003. Prior to its collapse, it stood at 301 feet (92 m) tall and 2,052 feet (625 m) and was the fourth tallest railroad bridge in the US. The remaining portion of the bridge opened as an observation deck in 2011 and this Gigapan was shot from that deck on September 10, 2011. Lea...
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The Kinzua Bridge fell in a tornado in 2003. Prior to its collapse, it stood at 301 feet (92 m) tall and 2,052 feet (625 m) and was the fourth tallest railroad bridge in the US. The remaining portion of the bridge opened as an observation deck in 2011 and this Gigapan was shot from that deck on September 10, 2011. Lea...
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