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“The sacred lamp of day Now dipt in western clouds his parting day.” -- William Falconer

Dinosaur Provincial Park at Sunset

 

From Wikipedia:

 

Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometers (30 mi), about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.

The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world.

 

Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.

 

For more information:

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park

 

 

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