Orienting students to our sense of place in Kern River Campground.
Our first stop of the morning was at the velvety Ant Hill, the lesser version of the nearby Sharktooth Hill.
Students were looking for Shark teeth in the 15.2 to 15.9Ma Round Mountain Silt bonebed that was created when this part of the valley was a bay shelf where the…
Z's first attempt at locating shark teeth.
Found a wee scorpion friend .
Found a wee scorpion friend .
Found a wee scorpion friend .
Found a wee scorpion friend. This is DSLR shot.
Fiddlenecks (golden) and phacelia (purple). Rains were plentiful in December.
Fiddlenecks (golden) and phacelia (purple). Rains were plentiful in December.
Laura realizes that all the green makes finding fossils exposed at the surface much more difficult.
Z looking for his treasure. He put on a mask when getting dusty to protect himself from Valley Fever spores.
Fiddlenecks (golden) and phacelia (purple). Rains were plentiful in December and sure made the hills pretty.
One of the students shows off the shark tooth he found in a hole I gave up on.
Lots of good teeth!
Z was lucky to run into a person that was sifting the heck out of the hillside looking for bones and discarding the shark teeth. He was super stoked to get…
