That means that most of the desert in Egypt was all ocean, a sea of crazy monsters who were three times as big as a school!
Another thing we learned at the Wadi, is that the world looks the way it does because of water erosion. The water slowly pushes land and dirt away making a ditch or canyon in the surface. this is why there is shells, fossil and bones in the Wadi! In the MIDDLE OF THE DESERT!!
One thing I found really interesting, since I did a Informational book on Air Pollution, that global warming wasn't only caused by us. Dr.Bill told us that through out the years, there has been Climate Change. This caused all the ancient waters and oceans to dry out, which caused the extinction of the Basilosaurus and the Megalodon, and other cool sea creatures and whales.
All the rocks in the Wadi, are Limestone and Calcite. When we put acid on the floor and rocks, the acid bubbled and sizzled. This shows, that when calcite and limestone mix with acid, it causes the acid to bubble up.
The fossils in the Wadi were pretty cool, me and my friends spent a half hour scanning the ground for ancient bones and shells of extinct species! I wonder why these shells and bones were stuck in rocks? I mean, if the limestone was brought there by water after the previous ocean was there ( which is what, then why are all the shells and bones in rocks?
In all, the trip to the Wadi was a great success, since I got to learn about landforms, go on a hike with my friends, and find loads of cool fossils!
Me and Vladimir talking.
Dr. Bill teaching us
Us Partying in the bus
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