Mark Castner, director of the Braun-Ruddick Seismograph Station, will represent Canisius on Saturday, (October 9) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the annual Earth Science Day at the Penn Dixie Paleontological and Outdoor Education Center. The event is run by the Hamburg Natural History Society.
At this unique event, visitors will have the opportunity to view a drill rig up close and in action during a coring demonstration, talk to geologists and earth scientists about what they do and about drilling in the Marcellus shale, find out about earthquakes and earthquake activity in WNY, learn about minerals and fossils, view the sun and solar flares through special telescopes, and collect and keep all the fossils they find.
This event is free and open to the public, and will be held rain or shine. Fossil collecting will be held on the same site, and is free for members of the Hamburg Natural History Society, $6 for non-member adults, and $5 for non-member children. Free parking onsite is available and most of the exhibits are sheltered. For further information, click here.
Submitted by: Mark Castner, director, Braun-Ruddick Seismograph Station, physics
