Imprint of reed from Carboniferous Era.
Once we ‘focused’ the beach was full of angles, textures, and colors. Remarkable!
Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada
Monthly Archives: August 2014
Pebble Arch
The bottom left pebble is absolutely enchanting; all those colors are packed into a small, flat stone less than an inch in diameter. Magical!
Evidence
… of fire, of eons past, and of the tide line.
Caress
And the Day, It was Hot
If heat could ‘freeze’ things in place, it did this day at Joggins.
What the Tide Tosses
I Think That I Shall Never See …
… A Fossil Lovely as a Tree
Lycopsid trunk tossed onto the tide line at Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia.
Burned Rock, Nestled, with Snail Trails
Scattered here and there on the beach at Joggins Fossil Cliffs are brilliant red and orange rocks. These rocks were apparently burned in a fire in the coal mine (closed in 1958), and have since washed out of the mine. While the rocks and the day’s snail trails are certainly not fossils, they do make an interesting tide line composition.
A note: the colors have not been enhanced at all in the photos.
Here is another scorched rock from right along the tide line.
Composition with Coprolite and Scrapes
Three bits of coprolite are visible here, along with many scrape marks. These etchings in the surface of the rocks are caused by the power of the tides tossing rocks upon rocks. The tides on the Bay of Fundy are fierce!
And Sometimes the Still Life Has Been There a While
In this case, the tide line receded to reveal this composition with shale, small crevasses, and coprolite … fossilized fish poop!
Tide Line Still Life 