Saturday, June 16

some cool stuff

I'm just laying around here today, so I figure, I might as well share some of my cool photos from the past few days. I went to the German Natural History Museum 2 days ago, and to my surprise, almost everything in the museum is closed. I found that out after I paid admission. Remember National Lampoon's Vacation when they got to WallyWorld and it was closed---yeah, something like that. To be fair, they are setting up a new exhibition which will be open in a few weeks about the Evolution of life on earth, but I was pretty sad as the German Museum has the giant skeleton of the Brachiosaurus, which is the largest fossil skeleton on display on earth. I could see some of it's vertebrae soaring about 30 feet into the air through some gaps in the paper that was covering the windows, but that was about it. But there was one VERY COOL fossil on display that was worth the trip. I got to see the fossil of Archaeopetryx! That's the little dinosaur with the feathers that sort of settled the 'where did birds come from' question. It's undoubtedly the most famous fossil in the world, and according to the museum, the most expensive. I'm not sure how much it is worth, something like $100 gazillion. But I have pictures of the most famous fossil in the world. Would you like to see them? Here they are!!!


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