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Cretaceous Footprints Found on Goddard Campus

2017-12-08

NASA

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Washington, DC, United States

About 110 million light years away, the bright, barred spiral galaxy NGC3259 was just forming stars in dark bands of dust and gas. On Earth, a plant-eating dinosaur left footprints in the Cretaceous mud of what would later become the grounds of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

Local dinosaur hunter Ray Stanford points out the impression to Goddard officials and members of local media.

To read more go to: www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/features/2012/nodosaur....

Credit: NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.

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  • Title: Cretaceous Footprints Found on Goddard Campus
  • Date Created: 2017-12-08
  • Location: Greenbelt, MD
  • Rights: GSFC
  • Album: ayoung

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