The Nummulite-Whisperer Snail
It has been long since Strabo mistook these coin-like shells for lentils dropped by rushed workers in the Gizah pyramids of Egypt.
These Nummulite fossils in particular once lived in a shallow sea of northern Iberia during the Ypresian (Eocene), some 50Ma ago. Today, still close to the coast, a snail crawls over them, absorbed in his morning thoughts.
Photo taken close to the Cantabrian locality of San Vicente de la Barquera, northern Spain.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Manuel de Paz Álvarez (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
9.3 MB
Width
4724 px
Height
3140 px
Aspect
1181:785
Brand
Nikon
Model
D3200
Exposure
55 mm f/13 1/640 s ISO 800
Taken
17 April 2015
Coordinates
43.3613, -4.4324
Tint
Moderate yellowish brown
Submitted
28 February 2017
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