Learning

You know learning can be fun.  Yes it does include work but the payoff has a lifetime of benefits.  There is so much to learn anywhere you go.  When visiting Houston, Texas, the Museum of Nature History is the place to go.  Here I saw this giant geode.

 A geode  is formed in solid rock where where there is an opening or cracks in the rock.  Over time saturated solutions of dissolved minerals seep into the spaces in the rocks and formed crystals.  Then due to weathering of rocks by wind, water, and ice the rock above the geode is eroded away.  Finally after a long period of time the geode is found on the surface of the ground.  More later.

The Dinosaur National Monument Utah

These are petroglyphs on some of the cliffs in the Dinosaur National Monument east of Vernal, Utah.  Why lizards?  No one know but they do know it was between 500 and 1200 A.D.  By a group of native Americans who used a sharp stone or object to peck away the darker surface rock to expose the lighter inner rock.

On the way down from the cliffs this lizard allowed me to get pictures of it as I got closer and closer before it scampered off.  It was about 3 inches long.

This is part of the wall of dinosaur fossil remains.  Originally it was part of a river bottom into which bones of dead dinosaurs were washed by rushing water.  Here all the bodies and bones dead dinosaurs collected and were then covered by silt.  Then the silt formed sedimentary rock layers.  Over time the these layers were tilted by tectonic plate action.  There is a rich history on-line about Dinosaur National Monument.  On Google Chrome use this link http://www.nps.gov/dino/  Here you can get the whole amazing story. Plus in Vernal, Utah there are two great museums.  One on western history and the other on dinosaurs.  The Western Heritage Museum is very interesting.   Learn more at www.uintahmuseum.org and the Utah Field House of Nature History Museum is a great  place to stop for the entire family at www.dinoland.com

As we look at the world, one has to ponder upon how all we know and are learning came about.  One might reach a realization that all we are and what we find on planet Earth is much more than the luck of the draw. There is a plan for all that has come before, all that is happening now, and all that will take place in the future. We must find those truths.