Bosco's RockPile Terra Infirma

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Field photography from two decades of excavations and earth-science fieldwork.

A curated selection of photography from the archive — field work, specimens, and the landscapes they came from.

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Sarah / Sophie — The Stegosaurus, Shell, Wyoming

Beginning of the Sarah/Sophie Stegosaurus excavation, Shell, Wyoming.
Beginning of the Sarah/Sophie Stegosaurus excavation, Shell, Wyoming.
Early in the dig — first bone elements exposed.
Early in the dig — first bone elements exposed.
First dermal plates exposed at the quarry.
First dermal plates exposed at the quarry.
Stegosaurus limb bones in situ.
Stegosaurus limb bones in situ.
The thagomizer — tail spikes — in situ.
The thagomizer — tail spikes — in situ.
Excavating Sarah the Stegosaurus, Shell, Wyoming.
Excavating Sarah the Stegosaurus, Shell, Wyoming.
At the quarry — Bob Simon, Don Pfister, and Bosco.
At the quarry — Bob Simon, Don Pfister, and Bosco.

Sauropods — Shell, Wyoming

Bosco at the Shell, Wyoming quarry — Morrison Formation.
Bosco at the Shell, Wyoming quarry — Morrison Formation.
Shell, Wyoming dig site — Morrison Formation.
Shell, Wyoming dig site — Morrison Formation.
Quarry work, Shell, Wyoming.
Quarry work, Shell, Wyoming.
Sauropod element exposed in Morrison sandstone, Shell WY, 2007.
Sauropod element exposed in Morrison sandstone, Shell WY, 2007.
Camarasaurus sp. in situ — Shell, Wyoming, 2007.
Camarasaurus sp. in situ — Shell, Wyoming, 2007.
Camarasaurus sp. — articulated skeleton in situ, Shell WY, 2007.
Camarasaurus sp. — articulated skeleton in situ, Shell WY, 2007.

Como Bluff, Wyoming

Bosco with Dr. Robert T. Bakker at Como Bluff, Wyoming.
Bosco with Dr. Robert T. Bakker at Como Bluff, Wyoming.
Bosco with ‘Bertha,’ a massive sauropod pubis at Como Bluff.
Bosco with ‘Bertha,’ a massive sauropod pubis at Como Bluff.
Bosco at Como Bluff — a sauropod bone in the quarry face.
Bosco at Como Bluff — a sauropod bone in the quarry face.

Earth Science & Wildlife

Original helicorder tape — the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (M6.9).
Original helicorder tape — the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (M6.9).
Seismograph sensor coil — Bosco's Soquel station.
Seismograph sensor coil — Bosco's Soquel station.
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Soquel, California.
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Soquel, California.