Rossi had to race to keep up with the action at the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada. “The museum has one of the largest collections of dinosaur bones in the world. They outfit guests with picks and brushes and invite you to take part in excavations. Minutes after I got there with my family, folks uncovered an Albertosaurus, and then they discovered another one!” Between digs, Rossi boned up on his photography, mining the Spielbergan drama of life-size dinosaur models. “I aimed to catch Adam, my son, and his friend Conner before they became dinosaur food,” says Rossi, a financial analyst in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Camera: Nikon FE2; lens: 35mm; film: Fujichrome Velvia

Trip courtesy of North End Shipyard Schooners and American Airlines