Thanks for the link. One good link deserves another. SC posted another link recently about giant arthropods, and I thought one looked what I have heard of called Euripterids. So, found this lovely page of hundreds of fossils.
exDemMom; Thanks for the botany lesson. I know more about animal life. Thought you might enjoy this article.
After reading your entire link, I was reminded of a man made environmental disaster area I saw over 50 years ago. It was called Sudbury and was in Ontario, Canada. Miles after miles of barren earth with weird orange and red, and sickly green surfaces. Except for Chernoble, it may have been the worst toxic (mining) site in the world. Googled it and found that considerable remediation has been done since then, but at any rate here are a bunch of photos, some before and some after I presume.
As I was thinking about environmental disasters, I realized that Sudbury might not now be the worst in the world. Decided to check out the Canadian tar sands area since so much fuss is being made about that. After seeing these photos, I can understand why Canadian Indians are so upset. I wonder how God feels about it.