K/T Boundary Layer Field Trip to Raton, New MExico -- day 3
![](KT060.jpg) | The Spanish peaks, from the back of the
Holiday Inn |
![](KT065.jpg) | Terry, looking for the layer in the
wrong place |
![](KT066.jpg) | Dave talks about the late Cretaceous
global environment |
![](KT069.jpg) | Climging up to the outcrop |
![](KT071.jpg) | Everyone else looking for the layer,
again in the wrong place (its below us here). |
![](KT072.jpg) | Dr. Kring, Joe SPitale, and Eric
Karkoshka clearing out a ledge to work on so that we don't all fall to our
deaths |
![](KT077.jpg) | Joe and Kring dig and search for the
layer |
![](KT079.jpg) | our first look at the layer |
![](KT082.jpg) | Andy Rivkin, our resident Guru of
entropy |
![](KT084.jpg) | Ross Beyer navigates the precarious
ledge |
![](KT086.jpg) | the Layer, with my fingers for
scale |
![](KT091.jpg) | ME and the iridium layer! |
![](KT092.jpg) | Terry and our prize sample |
![](KT093.jpg) | We knocked out the rock above the layer
because it was pretty easily crumbled (there was coal both above and below the
layer in this location). We then carefully extracted specimens |
![](KT094.jpg) | Ingrid and Jani Sampling |
![](KT095.jpg) | Rachel blowing on her section of the
layer |
![](KT097.jpg) | Andy and Barb go at their
part |
![](KT103.jpg) | Jen tends samples obtained by field
trip leader Dave Kring |
![](KT104.jpg) | samplers |
![](KT106.jpg) | Adina and JEn gather samples |
![](KT108.jpg) | Screw you, hippie! |
![](KT110.jpg) | Our Precarious Position |
![](KT116.jpg) | Terry shows off our catch. |
On to the rest of day 3