octopus's garden
grrlscientist | March 9, 2008tags: octopus's garden, coral reef, marine life, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
This image is a gift to my friend PZ Myers, on the occasion of his 92nd birthday, which is today. Cephalopods are PZ's favorite critters and so, because this octopus is hanging around the AMNH subway platform, I thought it would be a fitting tribute to give a photo of this mosaic to him, both for the subject matter and also as a reminder of the happy time when I met him, his wife and daughter in NYC.
I have taken dozens of pictures of what you see here, but because I have a broken arm, the previous images were…