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Named after two battleships in the American Civil War, these
ironclad warships met in the Battle of the Hamptons in March 1862, the first battle involving ironclad ships.
The battle had immediate effects on navies around the world. The preeminent naval powers, Great Britain and France, halted further construction of wooden-hulled ships. Although Britain and France had been engaged in an iron-clad arms race since the 1830s, the Battle of Hampton Roads signaled a new age of naval warfare for the whole world. A new type of ironclad warship was produced on the principles of the original Monitor. The use of a small number of very heavy guns, mounted so that they could fire in all directions, was first demonstrated by Monitor and soon became standard in warships of all types.
The two formations in this image mark the beginning of the high plateau leading to Canyonlands National Park.
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I heard some rustling sounds on a walk through the Singapore Botanical Garden mid afternoon.
I was surprised to find this monitor lizard searching for food around the base of a tree.
On closer look, I can see it is still moulting. I quickly took a shot before it slithered away.
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Monitor lizard is a reptile with a long scaly body, movable eyelids, a long tapering tail and four legs, typically living in a hot dry region.
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A lioness in the Masai Mara monitoring her surroundings while her cubs approach.
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This land monitor (varanus bengalensis) raised its head nicely as I got closer to it. The animal's snout is a little muddy from foraging - its diet is varied, including mice, ants, fruit, frogs, spiders, scorpions and beetles. Photographed in Yala, near Kirinda, Sri Lanka.
Monitor Lizard, spotted yesterday at the sidewalk og a busy tourist place on Samui island, Thailand
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The 'Sand Motor' is a unique experiment. An artificial peninsula of sand should automatically maintain the beaches up north. The idea is that the Gulf Stream moves the sand up north, a slow process that is carefully monitored by this pole. Notice the tiny figure underneath.
Masai Mara, Kenya
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Monitor lizard, Malaysia.
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California State Route 89 southeast of Lake Tahoe. We used this route to get to US 395 along the eastern Sierra. This photo is part of a series of photos taken during a recent trip to the Eastern Sierra.
(Varanus Mertensi) Monitor lizards (from the Latin monere ‘to warn’) are so-called because of the way they raise their heads and upper body in an apparently watchful pose. As you see in the photo, the lizard does appear to be keeping a lookout. Mertens’ water monitors are found in coastal and inland waters across far northern Australia, from Broome to the western side of Cape York peninsula. They’re always near water, where they bask on rocks or overhanging branches, or amongst aquatic plants.
These lizards actually dig burrows at the water’s edge, where they shelter at night.
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You last saw this tree monitor devouring crickets. Female tree monitors often lay eggs in termite mounds because the mounds make good incubators.
The lace monitor or tree goanna is native to eastern Australia. A large lizard, it can reach 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length and 14 kilograms (31 lb) in weight. Lace Monitors eat insects, mammals, reptiles (including snakes), eggs and nestling birds. They become used to humans and have wandered through some of the campgrounds we have stayed at, where they will forage for food that may be left around.
Despite their size they are adept at climbing trees - this one was disturbed on one of our hikes, staying quite still while we watched, and upon our return an hour later it scuttled up the same tree again.
(Enlarging the photograph will show the leathery textured skin and the very sharp claws.)
I have lots of photos of the Lace monitor lizards at the zoo, so here is another one. This is the male, he is bigger than the female and amazingly agile for his size and weight. When I took this shot he was climbing up an almost vertical rock wall to reach a ledge where he likes to sleep.
The battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack took place on March 9, 1862 during the Civil War. The battle became famous because it was the first battle between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virginia was referred to as the Merrimack because it was rebuilt into an ironclad warship from the burned-out hull of the USS Merrimack. While the Merrimack looked larger in the water and had a metal ram attached to the front of the ship, the Monitor had a low profile in the water and had a rotating gun turret that housed two 11 inch cannons. All day the two ships shot cannon balls at each other at close range without inflicting much damage to either ship. The battle, though inconclusive,
received worldwide attention and made it clear that ironclad ships were the future of naval warfare.
If you look at the likeness of the old ships, their shapes bear a striking resemblance to the shapes of these two buttes. The Merrimac Butte (the large rock to your left) and the Monitor Butte (on the right) are composed of Entrada sandstone. This Entrada sandstone is composed of three “members” or components—Dewey Bridge, Slickrock and Moab Tongue. The different “members” of the Entrada layer erode at different rates. The Dewey Bridge “member” erodes more quickly, causing the Slickrock cliffs to collapse. The process has created the Monitor and Merrimac Buttes.
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Full-size replica of USS Monitor
Source: Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia
The first ironclad warship commissioned by the US Union Navy during the American Civil War. Built in only 101 days and launched on Jan. 30, 1862 with a design of revolving turret, enabled to fire nearly 360 degrees with 2 cannons inside.
Played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads to fight against the CSS Virginia, Confederate ironclad warship on Mar. 9, 1862.
Sank at sea with 16 men on stormy, Dec. 31, 1862. Discovered in 1973, the wreck site was designated the first National Marine Sanctuary in 1975.
Gun turret, cast iron propeller, and more than 250 artifacts have been recovered.
Wikipedia: The Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from coastal northeast India, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia to Indonesian islands where it lives close to water. Adults rarely exceed 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in–6 ft 7 in) in length, but the largest specimen on record, from Sri Lanka, measured 3.21 m (10.5 ft).
In Thailand, the local word for a water monitor, hia (เหี้ย), is used as an insulting word for bad and evil things, including bad persons. The word is also thought to bring bad luck, so some people prefer to call the animals 'silver-and-gold' (ตัวเงินตัวทอง) to avoid the jinx.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_water_monitor
Conservation status: Least Concern