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Mistaken Point

I went to Mistaken Point today. What an amazing place!
565 million year old fossils on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean.
You can see some in the foreground of my blip.

Here's a little more about it (from the tourist pamphlet):

Mistaken Point, named for the navigational hazard it poses at the often-foggy southeastern tip of Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula, is one of the world's most significant fossil sites, and now an ecological reserve being considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Mistaken Point fossils, known world-wide, were preserved by being blanketed with layers of fine volcanic ash. Volcanic ash is ideal for radiometric dating, and this has enabled the Mistaken Point fossils to be dated at approximately 565 million years old, making them the oldest complex "Ediacara-type" fossils that have been accurately dated at this time.

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