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Auckland, based around 2 large harbours, is a major city in the north of New Zealand’s North Island. In central Queen Street, the iconic Sky Tower has views of Viaduct Harbour, which is full of superyachts and lined with bars and cafes. Auckland Domain, the city’s oldest park, is based around an extinct volcano and home to the formal Wintergardens. Mission Bay Beach is minutes from Downtown.
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Jamais, avant le milieu du XIXe siècle, quelqu'un aurait pu envisager son extinction. Des milliards d'individus composaient des volées couvrant des kilomètres et qui noircissaient le ciel en plein jour dans l'est de l'Amérique du Nord. Mais l'être humain a réussi, en quelques décennies, l'inconcevable. La dernière connue est morte dans un zoo, à Cincinnati, en 1914.
Un siècle plus tard, on constate qu'on en est presque au même point avec une autre espèce d'abondance jugée naguère intarissable: la morue (Gadus morhua). Et on doit encore et toujours se battre pour protéger le peu de nature qui nous reste et les espèces beaucoup moins abondantes, car les arguments fallacieux du développement et du profit aveuglent ceux qui nous gouvernent dès qu'ils arrivent au pouvoir.
Reconstruction of Woolly Mammoth at Ipswich Museum. It is believed to have persisted into recent times in island habitats.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History The Extinct Dodo Bird Skeleton from the Island of Mauritius
Oxford University Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum displaying the archaeological anthropological collections and natural history specimens
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Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Infraclass: Euselachii
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: †Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Genus: †Eoptolamna
Species: †E. eccentrolopha
Extinct monsters : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson ... with illustrations by J. Smit and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1896.
Showcase in the Museum Of Natural History showing, among other, a recreation of the extinct bird Dodo, also called Dronte. Basically they say that through taxidermy they can show you these things you could never see again.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Infraclass: Euselachii
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Order: Orectolobiformes
Family: Rhincodontidae
Genus: †Palaeorhincodon
Species: †P. wardi
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
Specimen of female Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido) in the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Photographed on 22 December 2010.
This species is extinct - last seen in 1932.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Infraclass: Euselachii
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Megachasmidae
Genus: Megachasma
Species: M. alisonae†
The Orache Moth is said to be a rare immigrant and extinct British resident, although it is resident in the Channel Islands.
During the 19th Century, this species was resident in the fens of Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire, but was last seen as a resident in 1915. Since 1984, there have been at least 46 suspected immigrants recorded, mainly along the southern and south-east coast from the Isles of Scilly to Suffolk. The moth was first recorded in the Channel Islands in 1984.
This 37mm caterpillar is feeding on Dock and is bred from an egg laid by an adult female moth at La Mare du Rue, Alderney, Channel Islands, on 28.08.2014.
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These shells went extinct 1500 years ago as a result of a fantastic tectonic move that lifted the sea bed several tens of meters.
I noticed a few mountains were really volcanoes in Oahu. It's obvious since Hawaii was made because lavas were spewing out thousands of years ago from volcanoes and those lavas cooled off and became Hawaii. I heard in 200,000 years there will be new chains of islands in this region :o)
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis). Extinct shorebird which once populated Canada and the U.S.
Probably the first bird Columbus saw when he discovered America. 2 million birds per year were killed in the 19th century. The last confirmed sightings were on Barbados in 1963. Specimen from the Zoological Museum in Firenze, Italy.
Next to the beach of La Tejita, there is an extinct volcano of red colour. It is called just the same - Red Mountain. The beach is unique since it's a natural one. The golden sand is brought from African continent. The waves are blustering. Its length is about 1300 meters, width - 500 meters. No matter how beautiful it is, I wouldn't go there for a second time with a baby. The wind is very strong. It raises sand up in the air and bites one's legs up to tiresome pain.
Bollockornis, now extinct, was a giant flightless bird, arguably related to todays ducks and geese. It had carnivorous habits and stood 2.5m high roaming Australia in a wetter climate than today during the middle Miocene period, 15 Million years ago.
Bollockornis planei was one of the heaviest birds to walk the earth with its powerful legs and small wings- a bit like todays smaller Emus and Cassowaries it only lived in Australia.
An interpretation of Helicoprion bessonovi I came up with, and don't suppose for a moment is particularly accurate. I wouldn't be surprised if it looked nothing like this. But it was fun to draw. A lot of sand tiger inspiration, and some from a Helicoprion drawing by the obscenely talented Todd Marshall. Helicoprion is a shark lineage apparently occurring from the late Carboniferous c. 280 MYA to the early Triassic c. 225 MYA. The only fossil remains are tooth spirals or "whorls"; about 25 cm across if I remember correctly.
I captured this shot at the BWI observation park. It won't be long before all the AirTran 737 jets are re-painted with the colors of Southwest Airlines as the two airlines complete their merger.
Baltimore | Maryland | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | Thomas A. Dixon, Jr. Aircraft Observation Area
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Parinirvāna / L'extinction complète du Bouddha
L'extinction complète signifie que le Bouddha ne sera plus réincarné.
Oeuvre de Anesaki Eiki (mort en 1729)
Japon, Époque Edo (1603-1868)
premier tiers du 18ème siècle
Encre et couleurs sur soie
Legs Henri Cernuschi, 1896
Musée Cernuschi, Paris
Scène de la mort de Bouddha représenté, selon la tradition, au centre de la composition, allongé sur une couche entre huit arbres sala, le dos au nord et entouré de disciples, arhat, bodhisattva, divinités et animaux, qui partagent la douleur de sa disparition. Extrait de la notice
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Oeuvre présentée dans l'exposition "Retour d'Asie" , Musée Cernuschi, Paris
Cette exposition proposée à l’occasion de la célébration du 150ème anniversaire du retour d’Asie d'Henri Cernuschi invite à découvrir, ou redécouvrir, l’itinéraire du voyageur et collectionneur dont la contribution novatrice a permis de faire éclater en Europe la révolution du goût connue sous le nom de japonisme... Extrait du site de l'exposition
1893 Stained glass window by Clayton & Bell, in memory of Granville Leveson Proby 4th Earl of Carysfort 1825-1872 - window erected by his brother and successor William 5th Earl of Carysfort
Granville & William were the 2nd & 4th sons of Admiral Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort and Isabella daughter of the hon Hugh Howard
Granville m 1853 Lady Augusta Maria ++ daughter of William Hare, 2nd Earl of Listowel. Dying childless in Florence, he was succeeded by his brother
William Proby, 5th Earl of Carysfort 1836-1909 was 4th son of Admiral Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort and Isabella née Howard who died after his birth. He m 1860 Charlotte Mary 1918 daughter of Rev Robert Boothby Heathcote. He also died childless when all their titles became extinct.
Their heir Col. Douglas James Hamilton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/6F719n son of their sister Elizabeth Emma Proby wife of Lord Claud Hamilton, changed his name in 1904 from Hamilton to Proby by royal license
++ Augusta has a window in her memory here www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/gXaKo4 ) - Church of All Saints, Elton Huntingdonshire
This extinct species of alligator was 10 feet long. The age estimate on the deposit is four million years.
The thylacine (or Tasmanian Tiger) became extinct on the Australian mainland about 2000 to 3000 years ago. This means this drawing is at least that old
A large extinct volcanic basalt column dominates the landscape in the north west of Tasmania, right next to the township of Stanley. The column abruptly rises 150 metres on the shore of the Bass Strait, but the top of the column is a flat plateau, where you can walk amongst the ancient grasslands and forests - ou are basically walking on an old solidified lava lake. This photo was taken shortly after sunrise along the main track that loops around the top of the Nut.
Extinct monsters and creatures of other days : a popular account of some of the larger forms of ancient animal life / by Rev. H. N. Hutchinson. With illustrations by J. Smit, Alice B. Woodward, J. Green, Charles Knight, and others.
London : Chapman & Hall, 1910.
Sadly I was told by the owner of these butterflies that the two that he is pointing to are now extinct. They came from Germany and their habitat was destroyed during WW2 to make room for crops. Glen said that a friend had collected these before the excavations.
A colour morph of panda found in the Qinling Mountains region of China. It probably arose through inbreeding in a population with a mutant gene. A captive female sepia panda had a sepia cub, so either the male was a gene carrier (recessive gene) or the mutation was a dominant one that had arisen spontaneously. This colour morph appears to be extinct in the wild as no further sightings have been reported.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
(unranked): Protostomia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorphia
Order: Pectinida
Suborder: Pectinina
Superfamily: Pectinoidea
Family: †Neitheidae
Genus: †Neithea
Species: †N. striatocostata
This is one of the last Carolina Parrakeets (Conurus carolinensis) to have existed. It is on display at the Cincinnati Zoo. The species has been extinct since 1917.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Infraclass: Euselachii
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Alopiidae
Genus: Alopias
Species: A. denticulatus†
Snared, poisoned, trapped and shot, deprived of their natural habitat and weakened by disease, by 1910 they were rare and the annihilation was complete when the last captured Thylacine at the Hobart zoo died in 1936. Maybe?
I did these as a practice piece. The Huia was part of the Wattle Bird Family and once ranged the entire North Island of New Zealand. Habitat loss and a demand for the bird's unique tail feathers saw the species extinct around the turn of the 19th century. The last reliable siting was in 1923. A sad loss.
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Unikonta
(unranked): Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Clade: ParaHoxozoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Clade: Eugnathostomata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Infraclass: Euselachii
Superorder: Galeomorphii
Order: Lamniformes
Family: Mitsukurinidae
Genus: Mitsukurina
Species: M. lineata†
Date: 80 BC
Current location: Pompeii (Extinct city)
Description of work: Pompeii was founded in the 8C BC by the Oscans. In the 6C BC the Etruscans and the Greeks struggled for dominance in the area. Pompeii was not strong enough to stand alone and so allied herself commercially and politically with the Greeks who were based in the nearby colony of Curnae. At the end of the 5C BC Pompeii came under Samnite rule when they drove out both the Etruscans and the Greeks. For a long period following this Pompeii was a prosperous town where both commerce and art and architecture flourished. In 80 BC the town fell under the rule of the Roman Empire. It soon became a favorite resort for wealthy Romans. Eventually Roman families settled and with them came the Roman administration, lifestyle, decoration and building methods. In 62 AD Pompeii experienced a major earthquake which resulted in heavy damage. The town was rapidly reconstructed and restored. The people and the administration used the damage as motivation to enrich their town with abundant architectural and artistic projects in the recent fashionable style (see painting styles). By 79 AD Pompeii was a bustling city of commerce, trade and industry. It boasted a population of about 25, 000. Impressive amphitheaters had been built to cater to the population?s taste for sports and theatrical spectacles. Luxurious houses and temples defined the city center. It was just after mid-day on August 24 AD79 that Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted. With little warning ash, pumice and sulfur rained down, quickly burying the town to the level of about 20 feet (5 meters). Thousands of people were engulfed with little or no chance for escape. Buried almost entirely in ash, most traces of the location of the town were obliterates and over time it?s whereabouts were forgotten It was only in the 17th Century that it was rediscovered. Scientific excavations were begun in 1748 under Charles of Bourbon. Although the great eruption was without doubt a tragic event, historians have gained much knowledge due to it. A large part of what we know about the daily life of ancient Romans is attributable to the excavations at Pompeii. The layer of ash preserved the buildings, complete with artwork and even graffiti still on the walls. Statuary is still largely intact and the famous Roman roads are still paved. Pompeii was frozen in time and presents us with a comprehensive picture of the way of life in a fashionable town at the height of the Roman Empire.
Work type: Architecture and Landscape
Style of work: Ancient Roman
Source: copyright George Dickie; Photographer: Dickie, George
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Image size: 1616x1084
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