Jurassic World Dominion - Looking forward to this!


 Yes! It's finally here.  The conclusion to the Jurassic Park series will be shown this summer.  You can see the preview here.  

As a boy, I was always fascinated by dinosaurs.  I could never get my hands on enough books to satiate my yearning for information.  My favourite book was "The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Butterworth.  I must have read that thing 100 times.  I found a copy of it at a garage sale a few years ago, it brought back so many memories.

I am still captivated by the subject; my passion for the prehistoric has not passed (I'm positive!).  Alberta is, of course, one of the premier places in the world for such exhibits, and I had the good fortune to move there when I was 16.  The Tyrell Museum in Drumheller boasts an amazing collection of displays; I took the photograph above there in 2016 with my new (then) Nikon D600 and 20 mm f/2.8 Nikon prime lens.  

Another remarkable place to visit for dinosaurs aficionados is Dinosaur Provincial Park near Brooks, Alberta.  I visited there in 2010 at the end of a 5 day canoe trip down the Red Deer River.  I recall finding a hadrosaur centrum (park of the animal's backbone) laying on the ground just off the path I was walking on.  That, and a dozen other moments, made the journey there very memorable.

I have enjoyed all of the films that are now part of the Jurassic Park collection.  The first time I saw the original movie I literally jumped out of my seat in the theater when the velociraptor lept up at the girl escaping into the ceiling.  No other movie has ever affected me in such a visceral manner.  

I can hardly wait for the new film's release.  It makes me wonder if it will outdo the reaction I had to the first one.  Time will tell.

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