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The mount of Brontotherium on display at the AMNH. Notice the healed rib.
During the field season of 1892, J.L. Wortman found the front half of an absolutely monstrous mammal. Entombed in the South Dakota sediment was the exquisitely preserved front half of a Titanotherium (now called…
tags: researchblogging.org, velociraptor, Dromaeosauridae, dinosaur, feathers, paleontology, evolution
Velociraptor skull.
Velociraptors were small dinosaurs, weighing only about 15kg and approximnately 1.5m long.
Image: M. Elison, AMNH. [larger view]
According to a research paper that was…
tags: Times Square, 42nd street Times Square, New York in Transit, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
New York in Transit, 2001. Photographed from the right side.
Artist: Jacob Lawrence. Glass mosaics on stairway wall between N, Q, W, R and S mezzanines.
Image: GrrlScientist 5…
tags: Times Square, 42nd street Times Square, New York in Transit, subway art, NYC through my eye, photography, NYC
New York in Transit, 2001. Photographed from the left side.
Artist: Jacob Lawrence. Glass mosaics on stairway wall between N, Q, W, R and S mezzanines.
Image: GrrlScientist 5…
Every now and again I feel like, over the years, I've missed out on an opportunity to have a neat photography collection of water towers from different towns and cities across the country.
The one you captured is certainly more unique than most I've seen, it seems like the designs and upkeep of city water towers convey a lot of pride in the community.
I suppose I could start snapping pics now with the intent on visiting all the towns whose towers I've missed in the past.
The NYC water towers are all for individual buildings. All buildings above a certain number of storeys (I think it's 6) require the tower to have sufficient water pressure, but the city water pressure is enough to bring the water up to the 6th floor. I think the pressure might actually be higher now -- it was in the 1800's that the 6 floors rule was implemented, for fear that pressures high enough to get the water above that would burst pipes. There are lots of sites our there for NYC water towers, with pictures, odes, and geeky details. A lot are still wood, made like barrels, with no sealants, and I think there's only one company out there that still makes and repairs them.
Is it just me, or does anyone else hear the theme to "Animaniacs" while viewing this photo?
Is it just me, or does anyone else hear the theme to "Animaniacs" while viewing this photo?
Well, I do now...