what is it?
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Re: what is it?
The desert varnish one also looks like an aerial photo of a desert lake.
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Re: what is it?
This object was found in a dry wash in Arches NP.
Anyone?
Anyone?
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Re: what is it?
Nice find!
Fossilized dinosaur egg.
I’m not positive about which specie.
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Fossilized dinosaur egg.
I’m not positive about which specie.
TC
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Re: what is it?
Not a bad guess considering the amount of dinosaur tracks in this region, it's just not the correct one.TradClimber wrote:Fossilized dinosaur egg.
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Re: what is it?
A kidney stone dropped from a flying Quetzalcoatlus?
This is a tough one, how about a hint?
TC
This is a tough one, how about a hint?
TC
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Re: what is it?
A hint, eh? How about this - After I took this photo I dropped it on the sand and it split in two. However, there were others around and I wasn't too concerned about it.TradClimber wrote:This is a tough one, how about a hint?
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Re: what is it?
Thanks for the hint.
It is a dung beetle ball.
Probably made from buffalo doo doo.
Only way to be certain, is to taste it.
TC
It is a dung beetle ball.
Probably made from buffalo doo doo.
Only way to be certain, is to taste it.
TC
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Re: what is it?
If only the truth were as interesting.TradClimber wrote:It is a dung beetle ball.
These little balls form in washes around here when conditions are just right. The right amount of clay, sand, gravel are sometimes present and then the water comes. Somehow they start to form and get pushed and rolled along by the runoff. The one I broke didn't have anything in the center - a pebble for instance - to get it started. Not exactlly Death Valleys moving rocks, but interesting nonetheless.
I don't know of a name for them, maybe Adobe Orbs or Desert Dorodangos.
Probably just mud balls.
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Re: what is it?
how bout yuccabalz?
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Re: what is it?
Good one Guz! I was thinking "Adobe (photoshop) Orbs", but yuccabalz gets my vote.