Photography
grrlscientist | March 22, 2008tags: arachnid, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Scorpion species (but which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the West 77th street entrance to 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.
aardvarchaeology | March 22, 2008
There's actually a use for onion peel. Wrap it around an egg, wrap egg and peel in aluminium foil, and boil the egg the usual way. Red onion peel dyes the shell yellow, while yellow onion peel dyes it deeper tones of brown and orange.
grrlscientist | March 21, 2008tags: Osteichthyes, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
These are tropical marine anenomefishes, Amphiprion species,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing 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.
grrlscientist | March 21, 2008tags: birds,California Condor, Gymnogyps californianus, ornithology, Image of the Day
California condor, Gymnogyps californianus, #97,
flying over Bright Angel Lodge at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, August 2006.
Image: Jeff Lanam. [larger size].
grrlscientist | March 20, 2008tags: Decapoda, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
These are two marine crab species (which ones?
and the one on the left appears to have eggs coating her upper carapace)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing 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.
grrlscientist | March 19, 2008tags: Osteichthyes, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
This is a tropical marine fish species (which one?)
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing 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.
laelaps | March 19, 2008
Tai Shan, a giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
grrlscientist | March 18, 2008tags: Osteichthyes, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
A great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing 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.
grrlscientist | March 17, 2008tags: echinodermata, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Perhaps this is a bat star, Asterina miniata?
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the downtown-bound landing of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
The doctors instructed me to move my lower arm around without moving my upper arm at all, as a form of physical therapy, to make sure I don't lose my range of motion and fine motor skills in my left hand and arm. Well, that assignment seemed the perfect excuse to get out there and…
laelaps | March 17, 2008
A pair of wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) playing at the Bronx Zoo (I apologize that it's a bit blurry).
As you might have seen in the last post, my computers and camera were stolen this past weekend so I have lost 99% of all the photos I've taken over the past two years. I still have a few I had burned to discs, though, so even though I don't know when I'll be able to take more photographs (being I have no camera) I'll still have some fodder for the Photo of the Day.
grrlscientist | March 16, 2008tags: fish, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Numerous species of fishes on the floor
as portrayed in tiles on the floors of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
After the orthopedic surgeon has finished making me scream for the day (hopefully, no surgery will be scheduled), I plan to visit the subway entrance at West 77th and Central Park West to capture more images to share with you. There are at least ten more images at that entrance, unless I photograph each and every one of…
grrlscientist | March 16, 2008tags: WTC, World Trade Center, iron cross, NYC, NYCLife
The iron cross, salvaged from Ground Zero after the World Trade Center
was destroyed by terrorists on 11 September 2001,
is located in Inwood, borough of Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
WTC Iron cross plaque in Inwood, borough of Manhattan, NYC.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
bioephemera | March 16, 2008The following is another post from the "old" bioephemera (originally published June 18, 2007).
Last weekend I discovered Seattle's Gas Works Park. By accident. And ended up on a tour through the derelict gasworks - led by the park's designer, Richard Haag. The structures are fenced off, so I got the impression this was an unusual privilege. Fortunately my camera's battery wasn't completely exhausted, though I was torn between taking photos and listening to Haag recount his efforts several decades ago to convince the city that this industrial site could be bioremediated. Among his persuasive…
grrlscientist | March 15, 2008tags: astronomy, solar system, 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.
Solar system
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].
The lighting over this landing makes this mosaic difficult to photograph, unfortunately, since it is quite…