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    Joggins Fossil Cliffs   
      
      December 12, 2022   
      
       P9070408-Joggins Cliffs   
      
      Photographer:  Rick Stankiewicz   
      Summary Author:  Rick Stankiewicz   
      
      The  seaside cliffs near Joggins, Nova Scotia are a mecca for anyone   
      interested in fossils and are well worth the drive off the beaten path   
      to this small community in western Cumberland County. The above photo   
      is a section of this incredible 9 mile (15 km) stretch of shoreline   
      along the  Bay of Fundy.   
      
       Joggins is famous for its rich fossil record going back more than   
      310 million years to the  Pennsylvanian “Coal Age” of the Late   
       Carboniferous Period. During this time Nova Scotia was covered by a   
      tropical rainforest to which the fossil record attests. As early as   
      1871, the fossils from Joggins were considered the finest in the world   
      from this Period. In 2008 the Joggins Fossil Cliffs were designated a   
       UNESCO Natural Heritage Site.   
      
      When I visited this site with my wife in 2016, I was captivated by the   
      content of the displays at the “ Joggins Fossil Centre”, which does   
      an admirable job of illustrating the geology and history of this unique   
      landscape and the fossil record it both preserves and exposes for   
      discovery. Though not legal to “collect” at this site, a guided tour   
      will show fossilized specimens that have literally fallen from the   
      cliff-face to the shoreline below. With the  highest tides in the   
      world, nature is exposing the fossil record on a daily basis.   
      
       P9070407-Ripples   
      
      One interesting example I witnessed on my tour was a plate-sized   
      example of “ripples”, from an ancient waterbed that had been fossilized   
      and now lay on the shore near the base of the cliffs (above). Our guide   
      picked it up to explain its significance to our group. I personally   
      found segments of plant stems both on the shore, amongst the rubble and   
      embedded in the cliff-face (below). The specimen shown here is likely a   
      section of a tree sized relative ( Calamites) of today’s smaller,   
      reedy horsetail rushes. Photos taken on September 7, 2016.   
      
       P9070398-Plant Stem   
      
      Photo details: Olympus TG-860 camera; f/6; ISO 125; 1/500th second   
      exposure.   
      
      Fossil Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada Coordinates:  45.694515 -64.449432   
      
      
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