The centimeter wide rock layer that records the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary that ended the rein of the dinosaurs. (It's the brown layer between the coal & light claystone layers.) It was created by the fallout of a 12km impactor that created the 250km wide Chicxulub crater offshore of the Yucatán Peninsula. The layer contains shocked quartz & an anomalous concentration of the element iridium marking an extraterrestrial impact.
(Raton, New Mexico.)
@elaterite Nice. That layer seems to be just about everywhere.
I would have liked to have had it pointed out to me the time I was in Raton, but one of the most memorable things was experiencing a long moment of complete and utter quiet, which was actually a little unnerving!
New Mexico is so cool! And nice n quiet. Don't spread word cc @sofonofos
@elaterite @akkana @plantfeest @sofonofos We've roasted them at home too, but the big fresh roasting in the parking lot is so much easier and I can still enjoy the smells.
I usually slice them up and put them in rough serving sizes into sandwich freezer bags, then toast them into the chest freezer to be added to various things as needed, so we have a very similar process. :)
@elaterite @akkana @croyle @sofonofos inside chili tips! So here for it 🤍
Tho I must object to buying new appliances
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