history of the whale bone near double lines

[JillHeinerth]

The vertebra in the "Wes" video was an additional vertebra. The Florida Museum of Natural History has that particular vertebra in their collection. Paul Heinerth, Mark Long and myself took it back into the cave for making the film short with Wes. We used the footage in the project for the museum's Fossil Hall Exhibit. I'm not sure when the original vertebra was taken out of the cave but I believe it might have bene as far back as the late 80s. We took it back in, filmed it as a re-enactment and then brought it out again and returned it to the museum. It was a bit of an epic film job with Paul and I lugging the huge HD cam back there strapped to our Aquazepps. That was around 2004-2005?

Hope that helps.

Jill

Attachment 12204Attachment 12205Attachment 12206Attachment 12207Attachment 12208I ask because I have been looking at it on the maps but never seen it. I went for the first time Saturday and took these pics. The vertebra had two of its 3 exposed wings broken off in the past (I say this because the edges are rounded over and the coloration in the crack is same as the exterior of the bone), as well as a new looking stress crack (probably natural erosion). I saw Wes’s video and was wondering if it’s the same vertebra or a third one? The Double line vertebra seems still embedded in the wall and in the video both wings seem broken off. I have heard so many different stories in the past two weeks and was wondering what is the truth? For that matter what is the natural erosion process?

[MichaelAngelo]

Thanks Jill it sure does.

[T. Bix]

The vertebra in the "Wes" video was an additional vertebra. The Florida Museum of Natural History has that particular vertebra in their collection. Paul Heinerth, Mark Long and myself took it back into the cave for making the film short with Wes. We used the footage in the project for the museum's Fossil Hall Exhibit. I'm not sure when the original vertebra was taken out of the cave but I believe it might have bene as far back as the late 80s. We took it back in, filmed it as a re-enactment and then brought it out again and returned it to the museum. It was a bit of an epic film job with Paul and I lugging the huge HD cam back there strapped to our Aquazepps. That was around 2004-2005?

Hope that helps.

Jill

Holy Smokes.... That's a lot of lugging around! Has anyone ever tried to figure out how old it is? Is there more footage that we can see?

BTW: it's always cool to hear it from those that were there, keep it coming!