LAND OF THE DEAD

Exploring ancient worlds and the plants and animals that lived in them

Saturday, February 19, 2011

A SECOND AMERICAN MUSEUM DINOSAUR HALL IN UTAH

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Off and on we've been following the history and evolution of the concept of having a permanent, in-place museum exhibit at Dinosaur Nati...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

M.C. ESCHER'S MEZZANINE AT THE QVC

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M.C. Escher self-portrait 1929 M.C. Escher was a famous 20 th century Dutch graphic artist known  for images that examine issues of per...

STEEL AND CONCRETE ORTHOPEDICS

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As you may recall, constant readers, one the most spectacular, and fear inducing, problems of the Quarry Visitor Center was the east glass ...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

BIG LOVE FOR THE QUARRY VISITOR CENTER

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For those of you not familiar with it, Big Love is a HBO hit original series focusing on the travails and tribulations of a polygamist Mor...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

A NOTABLE MOMENT

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Demolition of the two story Rotunda building. Tearing down the long, curving entrance ramp. Pulling the 28,000 pound crane out through the w...
Friday, February 11, 2011

THE RETURN OF THE ABATEMENT MONSTER

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Many monsters never really go away. For example, over a series of three films the Creature from the Black Lagoon returned over and over, an...
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

AND WE’RE BUYING A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

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 One of the best known architectural elements of the previous Quarry Visitor Center was the snake-like entrance ramp running from the par...
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DAN CHURE: I have been the paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument for 34 years. My main research interests are dinosaurs & the ecosystems they lived in. I am also interested in fossil resource management & preservation, & the impacts of 20th century warfare and social revolutions on fossil collections & scientists. This blog is personal and not an official blog of Dinosaur National Monument or the National Park Service.
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