Guys I was GIDDY with excitement when I realized the stick is how they figure out the standing-up perspective!!! I always figured people doing this stuff just had magical perspective powers but that makes SO MUCH SENSE what a cool tool!!! Amazing job!

And "safe space" means "I won't hate on you for your freak" not "This is a space AWAY from the freaks".

Can we get around the 30 image limit by reposting with a new image to the thread each week? We shall see. Mazon Creek now, Toolebuc formation this Saturday.

Adding Toolebuc formation

Adding the Cleveland Shale of the Ohio formation.

Adding the Consthum quarry

Adding the Ermaying formation

Adding the Bahariya formation!

Adding the Whitewater formation!

Btw. this was the last formation piece of the year, I would love to know what has been your favorite so far!

Adding the Bugti hills member of the Chitarwata formation.

First formation stream of the year!

Adding the Gigantopithecus fauna of Pleistocene China!

Adding the Hell Creek formation from the latest Cretaceous of North America! Our 1 year anniversary for this series!

Adding the Rio do Rasto formation from the middle Permian of Brazil!

Adding the Corral Bluffs from the early Paleocene of the Denver formation.

Adding the Fossil Butte member of the Eocene Green River formation.

Adding the Soom Shale, member of the Cederberg Formation in South Africa. A late Ordovician world of oddities.

Adding the Miocene St. Bathans fauna from New Zealand! A spark of life after this fauna island nearly drowned in the Oligocene!

Adding the Candeleros formation from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Argentina. Home of Giganotosaurus and many sauropods.

Adding the Rhynie Chert locality from the Devonian of Scotland. A geothermal wetland preserving early landplants and animals.

Adding the Ischigualasto formation from the Upper Triassic of Argentina, known for some of the oldest dinosaurs.

Adding Emu Bay Shale, from the Cambrian of Australia. No. 50 in this series!

Adding Sirius Passet, another Cambrian lagerstätte from Greenland. Tons of weird critters from here, among them the more than 50 cm long Pambdelurion.

Adding Bear Gulch, an incredibly diverse locality from the Carboniferous of Montana! So many fish, so little time.

Adding the Niobrara Formation of the late Cretaceous. The second Western Interior Seaway piece of the series.

Adding the Maevarano formation from Late Ctretaceous Madagascar. A wonderland of small and large oddities.

Adding the Pleistocene of Flores, a kingdom of tiny humans, tiny elephants and a whole bunch of giant rats, storks and lizards.

Adding the Las Hoyas locality, an early Cretaceous wetland full of all sort of beautiful little critters... and Concevenator.

Adding the Dinosaur Park Formation of the Late Cretaceous of Canada. A classic when it comes to tyrannosaurs, ceratopsians and hadrosaurs.

Adding the Tiki formation from the Triassic of India, a paradise for phytosaurs.

Adding the Holocene of New Zealand, a bird world that we just missed, largely because of ourselves.

Adding the Cerro del Pueblo formation from the Cretaceous of Mexico, a place for strange hadrosaurs and even stranger ornithomimosaur.

Adding the Gogo Formation from the Devonian of Australia! A classic, very productive formation full of placoderms.

Adding the Hornerstown formation of the latest Cretaceous and early Plaeocene of New Jersey! A witness to the K-Pg event.

Adding the Hammerschmiede clay pit, this is what peak Miocene looks like in Europe ;)

YOU CAN'T STOP ME! Adding the Gargano island fauna, a Miocene/Pliocene world of insular oddballs.

Adding the Ocher sub-assemblage zone from the Middle Permian of Russia! Estemmenosuchus, Estemmenosuchus everywhere!

Adding the Patrick Burn Formation, our first Silurian formation and home to a fun mix of arthropods and jawless fish!

Adding the Kuanti Formation, a window into early jawed fish evolution in the Silurian.

Adding the Jialingjiang Formation, the early Triassic home of the hupehsuchians!

Adding the Judith River formation from the Late Cretaceous of Montana. A paradise for ceratopsians but also home of one of the largest crocs ever.

Adding the Seaham Formation from the Carboniferous of Australia, a tundra that grew in the vicinity of glaciers and volcanoes.

Adding the Altmühltal Formation of the Solnhofen Archipelago, an arid pterosaur paradise from the late Jurassic of Germany

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We are approaching the maximum of images you can post here so I thought it was time I make a little showcase of all the formation pieces we covered so far on the streams.

For people who don’t know: for several months now I draw one formation or fossil locality every Saturday. The next place we visit is chosen by a wheel of names, which we also constantly fill up again when a new formation is picked.

I try to make it as interesting as possible in my composition and choice of animals and I can tell you this series has been a great training when it comes to constructing these, how I call them, Menageries.

I have to thank a team of friends and colleagues who help behind the scenes with research, creation of size charts and conversation partners when it comes to deciding on the compositions of these pieces. Their help has been invaluable!

Can we get around the 30 image limit by reposting with a new image to the thread each week? We shall see. Mazon Creek now, Toolebuc formation this Saturday.

Adding Toolebuc formation

Adding the Cleveland Shale of the Ohio formation.

Adding the Consthum quarry

Adding the Ermaying formation

Adding the Bahariya formation!

Adding the Whitewater formation!

Btw. this was the last formation piece of the year, I would love to know what has been your favorite so far!

Adding the Bugti hills member of the Chitarwata formation.

First formation stream of the year!

Adding the Gigantopithecus fauna of Pleistocene China!

Adding the Hell Creek formation from the latest Cretaceous of North America! Our 1 year anniversary for this series!

Adding the Rio do Rasto formation from the middle Permian of Brazil!

Adding the Corral Bluffs from the early Paleocene of the Denver formation.

Adding the Fossil Butte member of the Eocene Green River formation.

Adding the Soom Shale, member of the Cederberg Formation in South Africa. A late Ordovician world of oddities.

Adding the Miocene St. Bathans fauna from New Zealand! A spark of life after this fauna island nearly drowned in the Oligocene!

Adding the Candeleros formation from the Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Argentina. Home of Giganotosaurus and many sauropods.

Adding the Rhynie Chert locality from the Devonian of Scotland. A geothermal wetland preserving early landplants and animals.

Adding the Ischigualasto formation from the Upper Triassic of Argentina, known for some of the oldest dinosaurs.

Adding Emu Bay Shale, from the Cambrian of Australia. No. 50 in this series!

Adding Sirius Passet, another Cambrian lagerstätte from Greenland. Tons of weird critters from here, among them the more than 50 cm long Pambdelurion.

Adding Bear Gulch, an incredibly diverse locality from the Carboniferous of Montana! So many fish, so little time.

Adding the Niobrara Formation of the late Cretaceous. The second Western Interior Seaway piece of the series.

Adding the Maevarano formation from Late Ctretaceous Madagascar. A wonderland of small and large oddities.

Adding the Pleistocene of Flores, a kingdom of tiny humans, tiny elephants and a whole bunch of giant rats, storks and lizards.

Adding the Las Hoyas locality, an early Cretaceous wetland full of all sort of beautiful little critters… and Concevenator.

Adding the Dinosaur Park Formation of the Late Cretaceous of Canada. A classic when it comes to tyrannosaurs, ceratopsians and hadrosaurs.

Adding the Tiki formation from the Triassic of India, a paradise for phytosaurs.

Adding the Holocene of New Zealand, a bird world that we just missed, largely because of ourselves.

Adding the Cerro del Pueblo formation from the Cretaceous of Mexico, a place for strange hadrosaurs and even stranger ornithomimosaur.

Adding the Gogo Formation from the Devonian of Australia! A classic, very productive formation full of placoderms.

Adding the Hornerstown formation of the latest Cretaceous and early Plaeocene of New Jersey! A witness to the K-Pg event.

Adding the Hammerschmiede clay pit, this is what peak Miocene looks like in Europe ;)

YOU CAN’T STOP ME! Adding the Gargano island fauna, a Miocene/Pliocene world of insular oddballs.

Adding the Ocher sub-assemblage zone from the Middle Permian of Russia! Estemmenosuchus, Estemmenosuchus everywhere!

Adding the Patrick Burn Formation, our first Silurian formation and home to a fun mix of arthropods and jawless fish!

Adding the Kuanti Formation, a window into early jawed fish evolution in the Silurian.

Adding the Jialingjiang Formation, the early Triassic home of the hupehsuchians!

Adding the Judith River formation from the Late Cretaceous of Montana. A paradise for ceratopsians but also home of one of the largest crocs ever.

Adding the Seaham Formation from the Carboniferous of Australia, a tundra that grew in the vicinity of glaciers and volcanoes.

Adding the Altmühltal Formation of the Solnhofen Archipelago, an arid pterosaur paradise from the late Jurassic of Germany

I love this for the creativity and the joy in the post. How perfectly these bits of rocks and shells show us two ladies frolicking in delight! At the beach, one might assume. They're having a great time. Good for them.

[ID: smooth stones and shells arranged in such a way that it looks like two ladies with their backs to the viewer, arm in arm, holding little handbags and skipping down the road]

man people really just say stuff on here huh

Noooo haha don't spread racist ideals and colonizer propaganda by idolizing white european aesthetics above all else and denying the life and accomplishments of native peoples on their own lands

People have been living in the downtown area of Tucson, Arizona for at least 4,500 years. The greater Santa Cruz river valley has been occupied by humans for 12,000 years.

You see this?

That's not a river. That's the South Canal in Mesa, Arizona (Phoenix metro area).

This is a view of the East and South canals. At least half of all the Phoenix metro canals were originally built by the Hohokam (from roughly 200-1400 CE), and are still in use (restored) today.

Phoenix, Arizona actually has more miles (kilometers) of Canals total than both Venice and Amsterdam. No, really. Phoenix has about 180 miles of canals, many of which are built on ancient canal foundations.

below is an aerial view photo taken in the late 1930's of one branch of Phoenix's canal systems:

Also have the "Montezuma Castle," if you need a castle:

I don't need to look at some 12th century European castle to see age.

@isuggestlandback

I HAVE A SUGGESTION

I found it if you were still wondering

Val Fex is a southern side valley from the Upper Engadine in Switzerland

i know it's in val fex, but where is that exact picture from? that's what i'm trying to figure out... the hunt continues (when i get back from a walk)

however i still know nothing about this little barn... i will live and love in mystery

okay thank you @thepinkpeg who did find this and it turns out it's actually a 17th century cabin now converted into an art exhibit accessed only by foot (or horse). from the outside on the hill above it looks like this:

and inside it contains this:

thank you all so much. i have my answer and it is more fascinating than i could have thought.