Rochester Academy of Science – Fossil Section
My son, Nicholas and I are members of this amazing club that takes field trips in search of fossils with Paleontologists that interpret our finds and discoveries…
This post is dedicated to various field trips that we often take with the club as well as other information sources to learn what came before us. On field trips we are accompanied by knowledgeable club members or guest paleontologists who help interpret our finds giving us a view back in time to what early life was like on earth hundreds of millions years ago.
 October 6, 2009 – Wards Natural Science
This event was an open house of Wards Natural Science, a leading supplier of natural science products to schools. There was a tour of the geology facilities and fossil and mineral collections as well as the opportunity to purchase quality specimens. Many thanks to Dan Krisher for hosting this very successful event. |
 April 18, 2009 – Murder and Alexander Creeks
On this trip we accompanied Professor Gordon Baird from Fredonia College and three of his students. We visited two sites near Darion Lake, New York and spent the day searching for trilobites, corals and sponges, from the Devonian Period, over 400 million years ago. |
 Oct. 25, 2008 – Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show
Every year the Gem and Mineral Section of the Rochester Academy of Science hosts a Gem, Mineral and Fossil show at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, New York. The event is co-sponsored by the Rochester Lapidary Society. This show has a large number of vendors from across the northeast with a huge display of gems and minerals for sale to the public with something of interest for all ages. |
 Evolution in 5 minutes 48 seconds
A video short that starts with the beginning of life on earth to man’s first appearance. Markers for each geologic period appear in the clip. Fossils are pieces of a puzzle that appear in different ages of rock allowing a story to be pieced together as we continue to discover and learn. Combined with modern technology it’s a fascinating journey. |
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 David Evans – Royal Ontario Museum
On April 16, 2009 my son Nick and I attended a lecture by David Evans, the Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum. David is an expert on the Crested Duck Bill Dinosaur. The lecture was held at Geneseo College in Geneseo, New York. This was a fascinating insight into the life of the Duck Bill in which David shared his experience last summer in excavating an entire Duck Bill from the province of Alberta last summer. The specimen is currently under restoration at the museum and should be ready for display in about a year from now. The first video is an introduction by David of the construction of the key showcase exhibit, Gordo the Barosaurus. The second is a time lapsed video of Gordo being constructed at the museum and currently on display. |
 A visit with “Gordo” the Barosaurus
The affectionately named “Gordo” the Barosaurus is the key stone dinosaur display at the Royal Ontario Museum. When my son Nicholas and I visited the museum we spent a lot of time with “Gordo” and wanted to make a panoramic image to show everyone how expansive this creature is. To create this image the scene was split into 6 overlapping scenes of which Nick was in 4 of them. Each scene consisted of 3 bracketed exposure shots (18 total) and HDR processed into a final image using Photomatix. All 6 final images were stitched together using Photoshop. As tripods were not allowed in the museum, all photos were taken hand held….. |
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Don
I like the fossils. they give a good look to the rest of the photos, I mostly appreciate the trilobites.