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Mystery Image: Mineral, Cultural, or Astronomical?

Mystery Image: Mineral, Cultural, or Astronomical?

Ancient fissures left by long-absent water coursing over the Cydonian Plains of Mars? Dessicating petroglyph in Lascaux’s trove of Paleolithic cave art? Or paint drying on an old board? Answer after the jump. Continue reading

California Academy of Sciences

I know, I know. I keep thinking this photo is some leftover crew picture from the original Jurassic Park. It looks like a wild zoo of sorts too, doesn’t it? It’s neither. It’s the newly designed California Academy of Sciences. I used to go to the Museum of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia but goddamn this has so much more. Hit the jump for more photos. That green hill with the wacky-looking holes in it? That’s actually the roof. What amazing... Continue reading