The Dinosaurs
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When I was a young child, I was obsessed with dinosaurs. Every couple of weeks my parents would take me to the public library, and I would always check out at least one dinosaur book. Here in southern Arizona, we have a creature that I always thought was the closest thing on earth to a modern-day dinosaur, the Horned Lizard. I was, and am, always delighted to find one. I took this photo of a Horned Lizard in southeast Arizona USA.
Stage Coaches, Bandits, and the Canadian Wild, Wild West?
Different 'stages' in time. Literally and figurativley
This vintage old stage coach paired up with a dinosaur definitely caught me by surprise.
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Trivia: Scottish by Nature
Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the Highlands. Traditionally forming part of the boundary between the counties of Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire, Loch Lomond is split between the council areas of Stirling, Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire. Its southern shores are about 23 kilometres northwest of the centre of Glasgow, Scotland's largest city. The Loch forms part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park which was established in 2002.
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'Why be a copy, when you were born an original'
The striking badlands topography is seen everywhere at the Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world.
I can't see this creature without thinking of dinosaurs. This photo was taken in the Merritt Is. NWR, near Titusville, FL
These Tasmanian Dolerite rocks are said by geologists to be 180 million years old. It was also a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth. This is not a fossil, but it can look very much like the close up of a dinosaur's eye.
Common names: Brazilian Giant-rhubarb, Giant rhubard, Dinosaur Food.
Botanical name: Gunnera manicata.
Family: Gunneraceae.
Taken at Wildekrans Country House, Houw Hoek, Western Cape, South Africa during Elgin Open Gardens 2016.
Smile on Saturday: Behold the Button
So hard to decide but I do love this little dinosaur.
Looking after Grandchildren this weekend so catch up when I can.
Where dinosaurs walked, as the 150 full dinosaur skeletons found here have proved. But instead of the badlands with cactuses there were tropical forests with palm trees when dinosaurs roamed here.
Huge boulders tumble down a fork of the Wallace River like displaced dinosaur eggs.
Happy Saturated Saturday!
This is a closeup of a rhinoceros iguana found in the Dominican Republic. This particular iguana was found at the Scape Park's iguana enclosure in Punta Cana.
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Camera: Canon Eos 6D
Lens: EF17-40mmF/4L-USM
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 17 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/80
ISO: 100
Went on an overnight sleepout with a bunch of other like minded photographers to capture the Milky Way over Trona Pinnacles near Ridgecrest Ca. Way out in the desert, daytime temp was about 104 degrees which actually wasnt too bad with very low humidity.
Rising from the bottom of what was once an ancient lakebed, the Trona Pinnacles represent one of the most unique geologic landscapes in the California Desert. Over 500 of these tufa (or calcium carbonate spires) are spread out over a 14 square mile area across the Searles Lake basin. These features range in size from small-coral like boulders to several that top out at over 140 feet tall.
The Pinnacles were formed between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago when Searles Lake formed a link in a chain of interconnected lakes flowing from the Owens Valley to Death Valley. At one point during the Pleistocene, the area was under 640 feet of water.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Planet of the Apes (2001 remake), and Disney's Dinosaur. The unique geological formations, resembling a lunar or alien terrain, make it a desirable backdrop for sci-fi and fantasy productions.
Single exposure Nikon 24-120mm ISO 3200 for 20 secs. A vehicle flashed its headlights just enough to light up the rocks.
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Macro Mondays: Celebration
We like to have an Aussie flavour to our Christmas decorations so we have a Norman Lindsay inspired Magic Pudding bauble on our 'dinosaur' Wollemi Pine.
"‘The Magic Pudding’ is Norman Lindsay’s best known children’s book. He wrote it in 1917, partly to settle an argument with his friend Bertram Stevens of The Bulletin and Art in Australia, who maintained that children liked to read about fairies, whereas Lindsay said they liked to read about food.
So, Norman Lindsay cooked up a whimsical children’s book that is still loved around the world.
For 100 years ‘The Magic Pudding’ has amused generations of children and their parents with the fun and harrowing adventures of Bunyip Bluegum, Bill Barnacle, Sam Sawnoff, the Puddin’ thieves, and Albert, the cantankerous, ‘never-ending’ pudding.
Discovered in strange circumstances, Albert is a magic pudding who changes from steak and kidney to jam roll and apple dumpling in seconds. Gravy-voiced and gruff, Albert is constantly being nibbled at by his owners but never shows the damage. ‘The Magic Pudding’ features members of the Noble Society of Pudding Owners trying to protect their pudding from Puddin’ thieves. Albert is cranky, rude and gets his owners into all kinds of trouble.
And it loves, just loves, to be eaten." National Trust, Australia.
The Wollemi Pine is one of the world's oldest and rarest plants dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. With less than 100 adult trees known to exist in the wild, the Wollemi Pine is now the focus of extensive research to safeguard its survival. Assist in the conservation effort by growing your own Wollemi Pine and becoming part of one of the most dramatic comebacks in natural history.
You can have all the money in the world,
but there is one thing you will never have...
... a dinosaur.
(Homer Simpson)
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(photo by Freya)
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Out in the wilderness west of the Dragoon Mountains in Arizona is Rattlesnake Ranch which contains an impressive collection of metal Dinosaurs.
A giant pigeon sculpture called "Dinosaur" by artist Ivan Argote installed on the plinth at the High Line.
From the website:
Reflecting on the work’s title, Argote notes, “The name Dinosaur makes reference to the sculpture’s scale and to the pigeon’s ancestors who millions of years ago dominated the globe, as we humans do today… the name also serves as a reference to the dinosaur’s extinction. Like them, one day we won’t be around anymore, but perhaps a remnant of humanity will live on—as pigeons do—in the dark corners and gaps of future worlds. I feel this sculpture could generate an uncanny feeling of attraction, seduction, and fear among the inhabitants of New York.”
Dinosaur, like the pigeons that inspired it, bears witness to the city’s evolution and confronts us with our ever-changing relationship with the natural world and its inhabitants. The oft-overlooked and derided creatures that seem to over-populate the city first arrived in the US via Europe, likely in the 1800s. They were kept as domesticated animals and were most notably used as reliable message carriers. Pigeons have an internal GPS, known as “homing,” that allows them to always find their way back home. This skill once made the bird indispensable in war—they served as military messengers in both World War I and World War II, saving hundreds of soldiers’ lives by transporting messages quickly to both the trenches and front lines. Many of these pigeons received gallantry awards and were celebrated as war heroes, before technology eventually rendered them obsolete.
Dinosaur recognizes this seemingly prosaic figure and celebrates its anonymity amongst the urban landscape, while also taking aim at classic monuments erected in honor of great men, who all too often are neither honorable nor great. Argote humorously suggests that, in fact, the not-wild—but no longer domesticated—birds are likely more deserving of being placed on a pedestal and celebrated for their contributions to society than most. Further, by highlighting their origins, Argote reminds viewers that, to some degree, everyone is an immigrant. Even the pigeon, a New York fixture, initially migrated here and made the city their home, like millions of other “native” New Yorkers.
You can have all the money in the world, but
there's one thing you will never have... a dinosaur.
(Homer Simpson)
(photo and dino made by Freya)
Thanks for views, faves and comments! ;-)
A Jurassic feeling kind of light. Image is looking south over Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, CO. "Dinosaur Ridge is a segment of the Dakota Hogback in the Morrison Fossil Area National Natural Landmark located in Jefferson County, Colorado, near the town of Morrison and just west of Denver. The Dinosaur Ridge area is one of the world's most famous dinosaur fossil localities." (two frame pano)
I recently got a dinosaur and had to put it to some use!
A nest was one of my earliest ideas, since I wanted to include the baby dinos too. The sand was initially built for Relaxing Bedrock Style but it didn't work as planned. So it made the base for this MOC instead!
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Humanity is extinct. Bands of nomadic robots roam the wastelands of Earth, astride their dinosaur steeds. Dinosaurs have returned, because they are awesome, don't question it.
The Uintah Mountains extend from north-eastern Utah into Colorado. On the left side of the image one can see the visitor center of Dinosaur National Monument, one of the worlds finest paleontological sites. Hundreds of fairly complete fossils of various Dinosaurs have been found at the Dinosaur Quarry, located in the hills right behind the visitor center. The image can be downlaoded in high resolution (10000 pixels horizontally).