tags: insect, Hemiptera, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Since I am having trouble getting out to roam the city and take pictures, I thought I'd return us to the upstairs subway platform at AMNH for a couple days to look at a few pieces that I haven't yet shared with you.
A species of cicada, Magicicada spp.
as portrayed in tiles on the stairway leading down into the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
This is the other image that I've stared at often, wondering what it represented. After I took the…
nautilus
grrlscientist | March 2, 2008tags: Nautilidae, Cephalopoda, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Nautilus (but which species?)
as portrayed in tiles on the stairway of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.