It's time to leave Ely, NV. After 60-something miles, we were at the Great Basin National Park. There is a very nice visitor center here, with explanations about the basin. It has been in use by humans for thousands of years. It is somewhat isolated so there are some species of plants and animals that are only found here.
In the park is Lehman Cave. While not the largest cave, it has many beautiful structures. One particularly interesting one is called a shield. This odd feature has a disk shape under which drapes and stalactites form. Any idea how they formed?
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| A beautiful room in Lehman Cave |
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| It's Bacon! |
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| Some of the shields, the center one being the most famous |
Heading east again from the park, we left the pavement again to go to Conger Spring. A Pennsylvanian site, there was a hill that I called brachiopod heaven. I haven't spread my finds out yet, but I'm pretty sure I have at least 7 or 8 different species. There were several other families of fossils, too, such as colonial and solitary corals, crinoids, and bryozoans.
Now, this day wasn't quite perfect. Two different vehicles required attention. One is still on the side of the road, waiting for humans to come tend it. All humans in our party are fine...
Given that, I haven't pictures of specimens from this day yet. I will try to get some today to show you. Of course, that just depends on whether or not I can stop myself from collecting in time today to do so.
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