Florissant Fossil Bed NP Colorado BnW IMG_8508
by Greg Kluempers
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Florissant Fossil Bed NP Colorado BnW IMG_8508
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Greg Kluempers
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Photograph - Photography
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Florissant Fossil Bed NP Colorado
The Florissant Fossil Bed National Monument is a national monument located in Teller County, Colorado. The location is famous for the abundant and exceptionally preserved insect and plant fossils that are found in the mudstones and shales. Based on argon radiometric dating, the formation is Eocene (approximately 34 million years old ) in age and has been interpreted as a lake environment. The fossils have been preserved because of the interaction of the volcanic ash from the nearby Thirtynine Mile volcanic field with diatoms in the lake, causing an algal bloom. As the algae fell to the bottom of the lake, any plants or animals that had recently died were preserved by the algal mats.
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September 16th, 2015
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Roger Passman
Congratulations! Your wonderful image is featured by USA National Parks and More. — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer available on the home page. Here is a shortened link to use for placing your image into our archive: http://bit.ly/21cvPoP ... Greg, your image of Florissant Fossil Bed is simply wonderful. I love the selection of Black and White here. Ansel Adams once said, "Black and white IS the color of photography." With images like this I am inclined to agree!