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Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
More from the rugged Newfoundland coastline at Mistaken Point on Cape Spear (see my previous entry on Mistaken Point).
Mistaken Point, Cape Race, Newfoundland [view large]

Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
The ground really looks like it's 550 million years old at Mistaken Point. [view large]

Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
One of the more accessible beds of fossils at Mistaken Point. The two most accessible (and accessed) are named the Queen's bed and Yale bed after the universities that studied them. [view large]

Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
A surreal landscape ... [view large]

Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
We visited just one very dense fossil bed, but the fossils and the Ecological Reserve stretch for several kilometres along the Cape Race coast. [view large]

Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
Miriam takes some time to get to know the fossils. [view large]

Mistaken Point, Newfoundland
Another fossil, in case you missed the last one. [view large]

Posted by anatole at October 31, 2005 09:44 PM
Comments

Phenomenal! Could this possibly be the single most Romantic place on earth?

Posted by: George at November 4, 2005 02:33 PM

I'll make sure to bring you along on a date next time I go, George. :)

Seriously, though, it was pretty amazing. Not sure if I'd call it the single most Romantic place in the world, but ... wait, hang on ... I hope you're not referring to Miriam's affectionate treatment of the fossils? ;)

Posted by: Anatole at November 13, 2005 09:52 PM