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MA & T from St. Anthony to Stephenville.


100820thrombolites
Photo: T, 2010/8/20
Thrombolites at Flower's Cove. These are leftover mounds formed 3.5 G to 650 M years ago by cyanobacteria (sometimes called algae, as in blue-green algae). Similar ones, stromatolites, are found in Western Australia (Shark Pool of Hamelin Bay) where some are still living colonies.

100820thromboliteDetail
Photo: T, 2010/8/20
Crevasse of the thrombolite..

100820thromboliteVillage
Photo: T, 2010/8/20
Old and new colonies.

100820Ultramar
Photo: M, 2010/8/20
Ultramar storage at St. Barbe ferry terminal.

100821theArches
Photo: M, 2010/8/21
The Arches.

100821deadTreeGarden
Photo: M, 2010/8/21
A garden of dead trees at The Arches provincial park.

100822deerLeak
Photo: M, 2010/8/22
What remains of the Humber canal flowing into Deer Lake.

100822washroomSculpture
Photo: T, 2010/8/22
Washroom sculpture, Arts & Culture Centre, Stephenville.

100822slithergadee
Photo: T, 2010/8/22
Arts & Culture Centre, Stephenville:
The Slithergadee has crawled out of the sea.
He may catch all the others, but he won't catch me.
No, you won't catch me, old Slithergadee,
You may catch all the others but you wo
(Shel Silverstein)