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Understanding fossilisation through experiments

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“When out fossil hunting, it is very easy to forget that rather than telling you how the creatures lived, the remains you find indicate only where they became fossilised.”

- Richard Leakey (1944 - present)

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Cycling the Dugerdammerdijk, Netherlands ⁣ ⁣ 🖼️⁣🌆🌁📨❤️ ⁣ Do you know that feeling of #exploring? When you arrive in a new place and rather than spending time studying the web or reading a map, you just ask someone where is good and then you just go? The adrenaline and excitement just will you forward - well the #dutch have a word for that! Voorpret. Which is apt, because I just went on an adventure to the Netherlands. Just north of #amsterdam in North #Holland, there is a tiny village of #Durgerdam. It home to about 400 people and is a tiny collection of traditional Dutch houses overlooking the sea. I recently went on an adventure there with @palaeo_emma and enjoyed exploring the waterways and cycling along the Durgerdammerdijk looking at all the water birds. I really want to go back and feel voorpret all over again. 📷⁣ ⁣ 👍🏼 Thanks for taking the time to read my post. ⁣ ⁣ ☑️ Make sure to #follow for more postcards!⁣ ⁣ 😊⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #postcardsoftheworld #exploretocreate #seeksimplicity #littlestoriesofmylife #visualsoflife #fromwhereistand #gooutside #beautifulmatters #adventure #freedom #momentslikethese #amazing_captures #passionpassport #livecolorfully #wanderlust #exploremore #neverstopexploring #nothingisordinary #feelfreefeed #postitfortheaesthetic #wonderful_places #postcards #beautifuldestinations #motivation

Laocoön and His Sons (27BC – 68AD?) ⁣🖼️⁣🌆🌁📨❤️ ⁣ This marble #statue is one of my favourite works of #art, so imagine my surprise when I found a replica of it in #Cork art Gallery. Found in #Rome in 1506, the statue is a priest, Laocoön and his two sons, who are being attacked by giant sea serpents 🐍. No one is really sure when the statue was made, or who made it or even what the why Laocoön is being spanked to death - my favourite version of the story is where the god Poseidon sent the serpent because Laocoön, as a priest, was supposed to be celebate but either slept with a woman in the temple or simply making a sacrifice in the temple with his wife present 😂 (jeez, seems harsh). The reason why I love the statue is because it isn't about redemption. As it states on Wikipedia: The group has been called "the prototypical icon of human agony" in Western art and unlike the agony often depicted in Christian art showing the Passion of Jesus and martyrs, this suffering has no redemptive power or reward. Sounds like doing a PhD 😂😂😂 Something slightly different! If you want to read the full caption I wrote about my favourite sculpture, head to the comments below 👇 📷⁣ ⁣ 👍🏼 Thanks for taking the time to read my post. ⁣ ⁣ ☑️ Make sure to #follow for more postcards!⁣ ⁣ 😊⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #postcardsoftheworld #exploretocreate #seeksimplicity #littlestoriesofmylife #visualsoflife #fromwhereistand #gooutside #beautifulmatters #adventure #freedom #momentslikethese #amazing_captures #passionpassport #livecolorfully #wanderlust #exploremore #neverstopexploring #nothingisordinary #postitfortheaesthetic #postcards #ireland #artgallery #ancient

The hidden seacaves near Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall ⁣ 🖼️⁣🌆🌁📨❤️ ⁣ Treyarnon is one of my favourite places in the world. Typical of how gorgeous #Cornwall can be, it has beautiful #beaches, secret sea #caves, sand dunes, amazing #surf and in the summer it's perfect for late night BBQs under the milky way. In the winter the weather is pretty brutal, and the Atlantic batters the whole coast, but that makes it even more beautiful to me. I miss it. 📷⁣ ⁣ 👍🏼 Thanks for taking the time to read my post. ⁣ ⁣ ☑️ Make sure to #follow for more postcards!⁣ ⁣ 😊⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #postcardsoftheworld #exploretocreate #seeksimplicity #littlestoriesofmylife #visualsoflife #fromwhereistand #gooutside #beautifulmatters #adventure #freedom #momentslikethese #amazing_captures #passionpassport #livecolorfully #wanderlust #exploremore #neverstopexploring #nothingisordinary #feelfreefeed #postitfortheaesthetic #wonderful_places #postcards #beautifuldestinations #explorebritain⁣

Barry's Head, South Coast of Ireland ⁣ 🖼️⁣🌆🌁📨❤️ ⁣ As a geologist, I love the interaction of the #sea and the land. On the south coast of #Ireland, the #Atlantic #ocean batters the #cliffs, creating such spectacular and dramatic #coastline. If you haven't been, the Irish Atlantic coast is a must visit destination. 📷⁣ ⁣ 👍🏼 Thanks for taking the time to read my post. ⁣ ⁣ ☑️ Make sure to #follow for more postcards!⁣ ⁣ 😊⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #postcardsoftheworld #seeksimplicity #littlestoriesofmylife #visualsoflife #fromwhereistand #gooutside #beautifulmatters #adventure #ireland_daily #momentslikethese #amazing_captures #passionpassport #livecolorfully #wanderlust #exploremore #neverstopexploring #nothingisordinary #feelfreefeed #postitfortheaesthetic #wonderful_places #postcards #beautifuldestinations #exploreireland

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