Harry Potter film sites

tags: London England, Harry Potter film sites London, Harry Potter, photography, photoessay This is the snake cage at the London Zoo that was in a scene from the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. In the film, this cage held a Burmese boa constrictor. In real life, this cage holds a black mamba. Image: GrrlScientist 4 September 2008 [larger view]. This is the third, and last, part of my Harry Potter film sites of London photoessays. As my featured image for this photoessay, I used this image of the London Zoo that was used in a scene in the first Harry Potter…
tags: London England, Harry Potter film sites London, Harry Potter, photography, photoessay Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross in London, England. This is not the original platform used in the film, which is between platforms 4 and 5 at Kings Cross, but it is a cute little tourist memorial to the film. Image: GrrlScientist 4 September 2008 [larger view]. This is the second part of my Harry Potter film sites of London photoessays. I started this photoessay with an image that you all should be able to recognize without any trouble at all -- platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross tube station --…
tags: London England, Harry Potter film sites London, Harry Potter, photography, photoessay Classic telephone box in London. These are an endangered species. Telephone boxes appear throughout the Harry Potter films, particularly as an entrance into the Ministry of Magic in the fifth Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. When the telephone in the box is dialed (62442, the word M-A-G-I-C). Image: GrrlScientist 4 September 2008 [larger view]. I am disappointed with the slowness and instability of the wifi connection I am using to post this and other entries, so I…
tags: Professor Steve Steve, London, England, Nature Network conference, science blog conference, Nature Network science blog conference, travel Whose is bigger? Sales person, Mark (left), and Nature science blog writer, Bob O'Hara, compare their shortbreads at the famous Twinings Tea Shop in London. Image: GrrlScientist 4 September 2008 [larger view]. I wandered London yesterday in search of all the local film sites for the Harry Potter films (more later about that, including images), but along the way, I saw the famous Twinings Tea Shop and had to get some images. While inside, Bob…