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Nenagh, Ireland
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Title
Tetrapod Trackway
Artist
Rob Hemphill
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Valentia Island is one of Ireland's most westerly points. It lies off the Iveragh Peninsula in the southwest of County Kerry. It is linked to the mainland by a bridge at Portmagee. This photo shows a view northwards to the Dingle Peninsula.
In the front and right of the photo where the rocks are a lighter colour, those are the actual tetrapod tracks. They are difficult to photograph as access is extremely limited in order to preserve them.
In 1993 an undergraduate geology student discovered a tetrapod track on the north east of Valentia Island. The tetrapod tracks are in lay person's terms footprints of an animal believed to have been created approximately 385 million years ago. The Valentia Island trackway is of international importance as it provides some of the oldest evidence of one of the first water dwelling creatures which crawled out of the water and made the important evolutionary step toward land dwelling.
While the track way is an in internationally important site finding it is not so easy. Head for the Valentia Island Radio Station which is signposted and relatively easy to find. Next to this you will find the track way. Be prepared for a short healthy walk down a steep sloping path and depending on sea conditions you may or may not be able to get down to see the actual trackway. It's no exaggeration to say that you will see the trackway in its original condition. No reproductive work has been carried out at all.
It's truly amazing to contemplate the fact that when these tracks were made this part of the world was south of the equator and joined to North America!
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Featured in the following FAA Groups:
"Art Forever With You" 09/01/2020
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA - United States
Spectacular and awesome coastal scenery. Congratulations, Rob, on your sale!
Leeds, ME - United States
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art Forever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2020 September: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (September, 2020)
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