The Cambrian Age occurred about 500 million years ago and lasted for about 80 million years, during which all life was confined to water. It is also the first geological age from which we have recovered a good fossil record.
The most familiar fossils of the Cambrian Period are the Trilobites, the bug-like ancestors of today’s crustaceans. It is this reason that an image of Trilobite fossils is used by the Foundation.
The tug that will be used for recovery of the ADCP Rich, Lee, Kyle, Tim, Terrence, Mark The gas mixing Project Participants and Sponsors National Ocean Service Sartek Industries Ocean Management Systems Maxtec, Inc. Harvey’s Dive Suits Travel To The End Of The Earth (or at least the continental United…
The grandeur of Allison’s Line Passage Framed against a backdrop of etched flowstone Needle-like soda straws grace small alcoves The column that has stood for countless centuries This formation appears as a beastly image A unique, miniature formation – “Fantasy Land” Project Participants and Sponsors Aquatech/Villa De Rosa Sartek Industries…
Allison’s line We pass through halls of unimaginable beauty The ceiling seems to be a waterfall frozen in time Rimstone dams contain hundreds of Cave Pearls Mike, George, and Terrence Mark and Andy push more unexplored upstream Project Participants and Sponsors Aquatech/Villa De Rosa Sartek Industries Ocean Management Systems Maxtec,…
Andy deals with the psychological consequences Competition even among plants in the Yucatan Beautiful formations seem to be everywhere Andy Peterson swimming above the halocline Peering out just below “Carri’s Loft” Cenote Project Participants and Sponsors Aquatech/Villa De Rosa Sartek Industries Ocean Management Systems Maxtec, Inc. Dive Rite Inc. Rick’s…