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Alnif and the first sites
We got Alnif on the evening of the 18th and started exploring field sites on
the 19th with our guide Mr.Ihmadi, he owns one of the best trilobite shops in
the area, based in Alnif.
Here's a view of Alnif in the morning.
Here's a cool looking spider web, we didn't really see many insects or arachnids
this trip, mainly because it's winter.
Here is site I, 20 kilometers east of Alnif along the main road.
If you look closely, you'll see a grey line on the right site, that's from
workers digging out a specific trilobite layer.
This site is mostly devonian limestone with interbedded shales and mudstones.
There are several sections that are just loaded with trilobites.
We tried to go to another site but our car busted.
There goes our car. We had lunch in a small village with one of Mr.Ihmadi's
friends.
After lunch we hired a jeep and drove around the Jbel Issoumour area. Here we
are at a lower devonian crinoid locality.
A closeup of the ground. You can see crinoid stems and orthoceras parts.
Here's a larger Crinoid plate.
After driving an hour into the middle of the Madar Basin, aka Middle of Nowhere,
we ran into some wild camels. I think this place ranks high on my list of remote
places, not a single human within 50 km.
There goes another camel. By the way, that's our road. Now you see why our car
got busted.
Some Berber or nomad dwellings.
A mini Oasis.
Here's a middle Devonian site we stopped at.
There's a view from the interior of the basin towards the walls of the Jbel
Issoumour.
Some middle devonian layers.
Myself, Maia, and our guide Mr.Ihmadi. Oh, an one of the guys who tagged along
with the jeep.
Sunset over another dugout trilobite locality.
And thats the end of part II.
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