LiDAR at the Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO World Heritage Site

This is a LiDAR (Light Detecting and Ranging) image of a section of the Joggins Fossil Cliffs UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Cliffs will be captured in georeferenced LiDAR surveys by Dalhousie University, in collaboration with CoGS (Centre of Geographic Sciences), as they continue to erode. The captures will include the fossil trees and fluvial meanderbelt systems. These successive captures will allow for paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the standing forest and fluvial meanderbelt system in 3D.

If only Sir Charles Lyell and Sir John Dawson were alive to see this!

The Art of Visiting: An Exhibition of Hooked Rugs by Deanne Fitzpatrick

“The Art of Visiting”, a show of original hooked rugs by Deanne Fitzpatrick, explores the nature of relationship and visiting. Each rug is hand hooked in the traditional fashion using wool cloth and other materials. Deanne Fitzpatrick is the author of four books on rug hooking and her work is in the permanent collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and The Rooms.

“The Art of Visiting” will be on display at the Joggins Fossil Centre from July 7th until August 31st. For more information on rug hooking and Deanne Fitzpatrick’s work, please email info@hookingrugs.com. For more information on Deanne’s “The Art of Visiting” exhibition at the Joggins Fossil Centre, please email info@jogginsfossilcliffs.net or call toll free 1-888-932-9766.

For more information about events happening this year at the Joggins Fossil Centre, please visit our Calendar of Events at http://www.jogginsfossilcliffs.net/visitors/WhatsHappening.php

CBC TV- en francais

Check out CBC TV (French) for a recent story on the Joggins Fossil Cliffs!

Here is the link:

http://www.radio-canada.ca/audio-video/pop.shtml#urlMedia=http://radio-canada.ca/Medianet/2011/RDI2/2011-05-13_17_00_00_TJ_011_500.xml&epr=true

Hollow Tree Sculpture for Hylonomus Exhibit

Check out these photos of the construction and transportation of Mark Boon's interpretation of Hylonomus lyelli denning inside its hollow tree. The sculpture was donated to the Centre as part of our interpretative display for the Hylonomus exhibit. A big thanks to Mark and to Ron Baker for helping us transport the sculpture from Mark's studio to the Centre. Thank you also to the River Hebert Co-op for lending equipment that greatly helped in the transportation of this fantastic sculpture!

If you haven't been in to the Centre to see Hylonomus, the world's oldest reptile fossil, what are you waiting for? Hylonomus will be on display at the Centre until October 31st.

It all starts with a good foundation

Lots of wire mesh and rebar for structural support

The start of what will be 9 bags of concrete!

The artist, Mark Boon, at work.

The mould for Hylonomus.

A nervous few minutes until we loaded it on the truck.

Again..nervous.

From left to right: Mark Boon, Jenna Boon, Melissa Grey, Nick, Ryan Faulkner and Ron Baker.

The artist and his sculpture safe and sound inside the Centre. Whew!