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Sunday, June 30, 2019

CANADA - Mistaken Point

"This fossil site is located at the south-eastern tip of the island of Newfoundland, in eastern Canada. It consists of a narrow, 17 km-long strip of rugged coastal cliffs. Of deep marine origin, these cliffs date to the Ediacaran Period (580-560 million years ago), representing the oldest known assemblages of large fossils anywhere. These fossils illustrate a watershed in the history of life on earth: the appearance of large, biologically complex organisms, after almost three billion years of micro-dominated evolution." -https://whc.unesco.org

"Mistaken Point takes its name from being mistaken by sailors for Cape Race
due to its typically foggy weather...",shares Justyna.
Thank you so much, Justyna for increasing my UNESCO postcards collection!


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