Fossils as Time Travellers

5 years ago the fossils of 6 whales were discovered in the Atacama Desert, the driest place on earth. These creatures are relics of an endless ocean that has long since receded, an archaeological record of a lost age almost unimaginable today. In 2015, after the Dakar rally motored through the Bolivian Salt Flats another beast died. Surrounded by a crowd of avid fans one of the race cars, at high speed caught a wheel, flipped over 4 times and came to rest. At the birth of the electric age this cult of the