I_gotta_rock Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 The hubbub of the holidays is over. The cold, crisp air has descended here in the Mid-Atlantic. The ground is frozen, but I was craving sunshine and the hunt. With blue skies today and the promise of snow tomorrow, I headed to the one place I was reasonably certain wouldn't be completely frozen -- the Delaware Bay. After all, we put salt on the roads here to keep them from freezing. How cold is it this week? Cold enough to freeze salt water! Here and there, exposed spots dotted the beach and the highest part of the bank, above the high tide line, was still exposed. There were a few pebbles here and there, but the odds of finding something in such scant gravel wasn't promising. I spent the next hour with a friend, exploring the ice formations with cameras. Still, my beloved beach did not disappoint. I found a couple of little favosites corals in the freezing tide pools and a 3-inch chunk of local petrified wood lying along the trash line. There is something ironic about finding petrified - silicified - wood frozen to the beach sand! 2 I refuse to give up my childish wonder at the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Brrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Makes me shiver just reading that! But well done you and the photos are beautiful! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 You've got to wonder about dyed-in-the-wool fossil collectors sometimes! The things that we are willing to put ourselves through to find a bunch of old dead things is AMAZING! By the way...the freezing point of salt water (in general) is actually only 28.4 oF (pure water freezes at 32 oF) so the water was probably warmer than the air at that point! You have my admiration for your dedication! -Joe Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Aaaah, thats not cold! Kick off your boots and enjoy the sand...and ice between your toes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I only wish I could go fossil hunting. Everything is frozen. Here is a pic of our wood shed at -16 this day. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I'd brave the cold for some nice finds. Worth it. Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hard core palaeontologist, I take my hat off to you! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Just like the Chesapeake (which is brackish but still). I guess it’s micro till spring... Very nice finds despite the cold! Brownies in one of the lesser frozen parts: “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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