Ancient Landscapes of South Texas: Hiding in Plain SightIn this book about the Ancient Landscapes of South Texas, we travel from deep time at the forming of the solar system all the way to the Algal mats that renew themselves with each tidal cycle. We explore the evidence of our changing landscape. Ancient beaches and drowned shorelines, volcanoes and shifting sand, giant oysters and mammoths, petrified forests and thousand year old living trees, tiny zircon crystals and a powerful river are part of our