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Prehistoric caiman skull
Skull of Tsoabichi, a prehistoric caiman
u/Angel_Blue01 — 5 days ago
The door of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. This door was 8ft(2.4m) thick, nearly 12ft (3.7m) wide and weighed 97,000lbs (44000kg). Photo from 1979.
u/BroncoTruck1989 — 11 days ago
The Chronicles of Georgia monument in Tbilisi, with people at the base for scale.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 11 days ago
Paleontologist Dr. Dean Lomax lays next to a 32-foot-long ichthyosaur fossil that was accidentally discovered by a landscaper in England in February 2021.
When Joe Davis was doing routine maintenance work at Rutland Water Nature Reserve in early 2021, he saw something unusual that looked like clay pipes sticking out of the ground. But when he went in for a closer look, he realized he just stumbled upon the last thing he expected to find: the complete remains of a prehistoric sea dragon.
When he called the city council and said he'd found a dinosaur, they replied, "We don't have a dinosaur department... so we're going to have to get someone to call you back." Soon enough, paleontologists flocked to the scene and unearthed the skeleton of a 32-foot ichthyosaur — the largest and most complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever found in the United Kingdom.
u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 — 12 days ago
Climbers on El Capitan 5/6/26
Our first time in the valley, thought I'd share these shots. (This place is mind blowing)
Bonus tunnel view pano
u/HooTigh — 13 days ago