Welcome to the Jungle...in Illinois?
April 24, 2007 5:13 PM Subscribe
Geologists have discovered the remains of one of the world's oldest tropical rainforests , near Danville IL. The four square miles of fossils are in a coal mine 250 feet below the surface.
Amazing ! It's like a time machine.
posted by elpapacito at 5:35 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by elpapacito at 5:35 PM on April 24, 2007
So it is 6000 years old?
posted by Joey Michaels at 5:59 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by Joey Michaels at 5:59 PM on April 24, 2007
Somewhere, Sufjan Stevens is really, really upset he missed out on this.
posted by unregistered_animagus at 6:53 PM on April 24, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by unregistered_animagus at 6:53 PM on April 24, 2007 [2 favorites]
"kewl" ?
posted by longsleeves at 7:48 PM on April 24, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by longsleeves at 7:48 PM on April 24, 2007 [1 favorite]
Since we're using sk8er talk, did you come to this epiphany after a faceplant?
posted by longsleeves at 7:56 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by longsleeves at 7:56 PM on April 24, 2007
It was the age of insects, with 6-foot-long millipedes and dragonflies with yard-long wingspans.
Bugs today are cool, but they got nothing on this.
posted by lekvar at 8:08 PM on April 24, 2007
Bugs today are cool, but they got nothing on this.
posted by lekvar at 8:08 PM on April 24, 2007
That's awesome; thank you.
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:16 PM on April 24, 2007
posted by LobsterMitten at 9:16 PM on April 24, 2007
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