Excavation, a photo from Nordjylland, West

Photographer's Note

Imagine that you suddenly have a little fossilized fish in your hand which saw the light of day 55 million years ago – many get carried away by fossil hunting, find the “good spots” and return to go hunting time after time.

The moler in the underground of the island Fur constitutes quite a unique and internationally recognised opportunity for fossil hunting. The moler also called diatomite is the world’s largest deposit due to its thickness of approx. 60 m. The moler is like a rare geological book which tells the story about the life at and in the moler ocean many millions of years ago.

More than 50 million years ago when the moler was formed, Denmark was covered by ocean. Due to a lack of oxygen on the bottom of the ocean many fish died and were encapsulated and thus preserved in the moler. Also parts of plants and insects are frequent discoveries in the moler.

You do not have to have permission or expensive equipment for this type of “hunting” – just a little patience.

http://www.fursund.dk/page212.asp

Model : Canon EOS 300D DIGITAL
DateTime : 2006:08:25 15:26:52
ExposureTime : 1/320Sec
FNumber : F2,8
ISOSpeedRatings : 100
FocalLength : 28,00(mm)
ExposureMode : Manual
WhiteBalance : Auto
ImageSize : Large
White Balance : Auto
Firmware version : FirmwareVersion1.1.1

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Ina (2687) 2006-08-28 22:03

Hej Kaj...

Et smukt og farverigt foto fra dette spændende sted..... Jo jeg kom da derover, men de billeder jeg fik derovre var ikke helt tilfredsstillende...
Det er dit...!!!.... Farverne og kompositionen er rigtig flot...
Tak for synet... Ina...

markstaples (15670) 2006-08-29 3:26

Hello Kaj
The colours/tones/shades and textures are superb in this shot. You have framed it so well. Well done.
Best wishes
Mark

jrj (34843) 2006-08-29 6:57 [Comment]

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wilkinsonsg (8662) 2006-08-29 12:06

A very interesting note to go with this shot.
The colours and patterns portrayed create a worthwhile image too :)

t0mmm1 (5442) 2006-08-31 11:40

Hi Kaj,
very nice note... this is surely a place to go... if you have enough time and patience.
Have a nice day,
Tomi

bazal (7900) 2006-11-04 8:48

Good afternoon Kaj.
This shot is really interesting because of its graphical qualities and also for its note (very appealing for geologists!). The combination between the colorful rocks and the soft (almost poor) light is really interesting and gives a nice atmosphere to the result. One question: can we see the fossils?
Thanks for sharing.
Regards.
LB.