dinosaur footprints
near Duntulm Castle, Isle of Skye. These were only recently discovered (2015). I had downloaded a scientific article from a journal which gave details on how to find these tracks. When we were there we saw a man and his son and mentioned to them about the tracks and the man said "I know, I discovered them...". Turns out he was one of the authors of the article I had with me. (I think he was pleased I had used the article to find the footprints). He took the time to show me some other less obvious footprints and said that these tracks in the photo were made by a long-necked sauropod (as big as a double decker bus) about 65 million years ago when Skye was located in a tropical lagoon. It was a strange feeling to stand on this exact spot and think that all those years ago this huge animal stood here and walked off towards the horizon.
dinosaur footprints
near Duntulm Castle, Isle of Skye. These were only recently discovered (2015). I had downloaded a scientific article from a journal which gave details on how to find these tracks. When we were there we saw a man and his son and mentioned to them about the tracks and the man said "I know, I discovered them...". Turns out he was one of the authors of the article I had with me. (I think he was pleased I had used the article to find the footprints). He took the time to show me some other less obvious footprints and said that these tracks in the photo were made by a long-necked sauropod (as big as a double decker bus) about 65 million years ago when Skye was located in a tropical lagoon. It was a strange feeling to stand on this exact spot and think that all those years ago this huge animal stood here and walked off towards the horizon.