Re:Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling
by aristophenes on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:10PM
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Here's a link to an article from April 2nd that actually shows a picture of the cave ceiling: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00972-y
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Here's a higher res (3MP) photo from the paper PDF: https://i.imgur.com/8GUcuuP.jpg
Re:Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling
by syllable_studio on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:39PM
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Thanks, here's a somewhat higher resolution image. https://media.nature.com/w3000/magazine-assets/d41586-020-00...
Thanks! After reading the description of how the "prints" (they are more accurately called casts) came to be on the ceiling I really had hoped for some pictures.
Re:Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling
by thaumasiotes on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:46PM
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That's fair, but on the other hand the graphic of "how did these get to be on the ceiling anyway" is a great addition to the scienceblog piece.
Those prints are pretty big even taking perspective into consideration when you compare them to the people in the far background.
Re:Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling
by thaumasiotes on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:47PM
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>> Some of the footprints show five toes as well as claws,” the scientist explains. “The largest are 1.25 metres in length, making them among the biggest ever identified worldwide
Re:Dinosaur Footprints on a Cave Ceiling
by edumucelli on Thursday May 14, 2020 @09:51AM
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Thanks, that is why I came here.