Ami Thompson » geology http://www.amithompson.com Consulting, Event Planning, Photography Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:04:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ponyo and the Age of Fishes http://www.amithompson.com/2009/ponyo-and-the-age-of-fishes/ http://www.amithompson.com/2009/ponyo-and-the-age-of-fishes/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:25:08 +0000 ami http://www.amithompson.com/?p=599 Ponyo Movie Poster

Ponyo Movie Poster

There is a new delightful Hayao Miyazaki movie out called Ponyo. In the film, the world is returning to the Devonian Period, AKA the Age of Fishes.

The movie is worth watching alone for the beautiful animation of trilobites, armored placoderms, and other pre-historic creatures. I tried to fish-out some clips of the sea creatures but the official trailer doesn’t feature any devonian animal scenes. If you’re a historical geology lover this is a must-see movie!

Link to more info about the Devonian Period.

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Its just the right amount of information to give the reader a clear understanding of Minnesota’s geologic history; providing a comprehensive knowledge of the evidence for Minnesota’s major historical geological events while not getting bogged down in too much detail.

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