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Post by goldenmyst on Jul 16, 2021 22:16:37 GMT -6
Dinosaur Footprints
Sand eyed sky blows curtain of silent grains Over guide in lily white land dress for time That crawls like ancient reptiles on hourglass stone Whose footprints sunk like the muddy shoes of children But preserved for Eons for maiden arrow fingers To point treks in wordless wonder With her Navajo sentences unstrung for English guests But her smile enough to charm us with golden rays Of absent sunshine in the midst of the abyss Where the brontosaurus walked clouds of joy And we too feel a quiet dream in the making Born of the sweet apocalypse of the dinosaurs Whose sugar was a door open to the future Where human helium levitated our genome Into the footprints of ancient beasts Marked like graves on rocky shores of now
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 17, 2021 11:31:15 GMT -6
Fossilized Footprints Scientists are studying fossil footprints at White Sands to better understand the Ice Age ecosystem of Lake Otero Today we find fossil footprints of the animals that once lived here at White Sands more than 10,000 years ago. Scattered along the now dried lakebed are trackways and trample grounds of ancient camels and Columbian Mammoths. These fossilized footprints appear to gather around what may be ancient pools of water. For 80 years, only a small collection of fossil footprints were known. However, a group of scientists noticed dark spots dotting the expanse of the lakebed that appeared to be footprints. Their curiosities lead them to dig up these odd dark spots. This led to the discovery of both Harlan’s Ground Sloth and Paleo-Human footprints. During the 2010s, footprints of a dire wolf were discovered. These footprints were located next to ancient seeds. Scientists dated these seeds to more than 18,000 years ago. The people, who once lived in the Tularosa Basin, left very little proof they lived here. Throughout the basin, pieces of stone flakes from toolmaking, arrowheads, and spear points have been found. However, these appear to be related to peoples who lived after the ice age. This is in contrast to the surrounding areas that are filled with items left behind from ancient peoples. The lakebed of Lake Otero seems to be almost devoid of a single artifact that dates to before the Spanish exploration in the 1500s, let alone the ice age.
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Post by goldenmyst on Jul 17, 2021 12:53:52 GMT -6
Fascinating mystery as to why the lake bed didn't exhibit a single artifact from before the Spanish conquest or the ice age. Glad you enjoyed my poem, my friend. My wife and I were headed toward the grand canyon when we notice the sign dinosaur tracts. So we pulled in there and a very beautiful but silent Navajo woman guided us around the footprints. I recall a T-Rex and a brontosaurus.
XoXoXo John
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Post by QueenFoxy on Jul 19, 2021 20:41:54 GMT -6
Very interesting, John.
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Post by eezebard on Jul 30, 2021 8:20:53 GMT -6
Loved the picture you’ve painted here… hard to tell where the silent beauty ends and you silent guide begins. Both will haunt your memories, I’m sure.
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Post by goldenmyst on Jul 30, 2021 8:33:25 GMT -6
Much gratitude for really feeling this my new friend. Indeed the beauty of both the silent guide and the scene will haunt me forever. Often with people who pass in and out of my life, I wonder where they are now if they are well and happy.
John
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Post by oldarmybear on Aug 10, 2021 16:03:55 GMT -6
hold on while I find my thesaurus, John...
Nicely done, sir.
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Post by goldenmyst on Aug 10, 2021 19:01:47 GMT -6
Thanks so much, Don. Glad you enjoyed my envisioning of my wife and my encounters with those giant footprints and the sweet woman.
John
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