Stone Bugs

[cat_cetera]

On Saturday I was privileged to be able to join one of the hikes put on by the Burgess Shale Foundation up to the Mount Stephen trilobite beds. This important deposit of fossil trilobites is included on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and is part of the Burgess Shale formation, which is perhaps more famous for the Walcott Quarry creatures, a collection of very strange looking prehistoric organisms on display at about 20 times life size in a memorable exhibit at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. I got a few good pictures, which you can check out on my Flickr profile here.

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[landsknecht-po.livejournal.com]

Those were some great photos. I figured it was the Burgess when I saw the photos on your flickr - lucky you. That hike has been on my list since I my stint at UVic when I was working on my Geology degree.