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Post by tomcatpc on Oct 25, 2019 17:19:39 GMT -8
Here is a poster I got off of Amazon of a late Victorian or more likely early 20th Century Oceanography print from a book. Even though the title is Oceanography, I think this would be more correct titled "Marine Biology"? It is from a French book. Bad photo from me, as usual, but I wanted to show this off anyway. It has nothing to do with Scuba Diving, other than the creatures that inhabit the Benthic Realm. Wish I had more info on this print. I think it is neat... Mark  76249049_2818519641533297_959309391130001408_o by Mark Lodge, on Flickr |
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 25, 2019 17:39:25 GMT -8
Mark, thanks for sharing this--really! Huh? I was just reading about Arthropods: first it was Jaekelopterus, dang check 'em out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JaekelopterusThey got scary big! Then I was looking at Trilobites: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrilobiteHow cool would it be to see what marine life was like all those millions of years ago: probably way more hazardous swimming around back then than today. I love the kind of art like you've shown us: machines have taken away the romance of being an artist as well as the ability to actually make a real living doing it--SIGH! JB |
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Post by tomcatpc on Oct 25, 2019 17:51:43 GMT -8
Trilobites!!! As much as I am really not stoked about living in and look forward to leaving Ohio, our state fossil is the Trilobite.
I don't have any Trilobite fossils of my own, but hope to someday.
One of my favourtie places in Ohio, is the town of Marblehead, Ohio. This village is on the shore of Lake Erie and is limestone. This limestone was an ancient coral reef and fossils of sponges (not sure what the actually happened, or I have the fossil wrong?) and other creatures. I dove there late this Summer and was diving in very shallow fresh water that had been a salt water reef with Trilobites and other creature lurking in the same place I was diving. Sort of cool to look at it that way!
I totally agree on the illustrations. I love the drawings in the "Golden Guides" Books from the 50's until recent, but esp. the older ones.
Mark
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 26, 2019 9:14:53 GMT -8
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Post by tomcatpc on Oct 26, 2019 10:34:21 GMT -8
Heard of both, guess there are a couple neat things about this place? But I really loved my time in So Cal!!!
Mark
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Post by tomcatpc on Oct 26, 2019 13:17:43 GMT -8
I imagine this would be sort of like the Silurian Reefs that were in my area some 450 Million-ish years ago? Now I dive this same place... Mark www.youtube.com/watch?v=znO8q5Ht17g |
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 26, 2019 15:31:37 GMT -8
Hey, that was really fun, thanks for finding it! We went to a park today and I found an area that looks like I can play with some of my gear in the creek there, appears to be about five or six feet deep in some areas! Just perfect for this kit   Hopefully this spring, still rehabing my back: the cool thing is this is the first place they found Rainbow Trout in California! JB |
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Post by tomcatpc on Oct 26, 2019 16:46:15 GMT -8
50 CF Tank? I'd love to find a set of 38, 42 or 50 CF doubles someday, not really picky about who made them at this point. But if they were Healthways that'd be even cooler!
As for the video I posted and the poster... I love going to a natural history museum and seeing dioramas of Cambrian, Devonian or Silurian, etc. reefs! There is a good museum at the Univ. of Michigan about an hour way that has a really great set up like that.
Mark
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 26, 2019 17:51:40 GMT -8
It's a 38...
My wife was telling me that the Museum of Natural History in NYC has some great old dioramas like that too. When we were in Los Angeles about ten years ago we went to the La Brea Tar Pits, they had some really great exhibits: one was about an artist from the 1920's, who's name I don't remember but it was pretty wonderfully dated.
JB
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Post by tomcatpc on Oct 26, 2019 18:12:32 GMT -8
I still kick myself for not going to La Brea... Next time I am in So Cal.
Mark
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 3, 2020 19:49:49 GMT -8
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Post by crabbyjim on Jan 5, 2020 21:46:42 GMT -8
I thought Phil was our state fossil.
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