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West Fourth Street (W4 St)

West Fourth Street (W4 St)

West Fourth Street subway station in Manhattan.

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June 03, 2016
Common Spider Crab (Libinia Emarginata)

Common Spider Crab (Libinia Emarginata)

Libinia emarginata, the portly spider crab, common spider crab, nine-spined spider crab, or the ugliest crab of the Atlantic coast of North America.

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May 28, 2016
Web Nest of Moths Caterpillars

Web Nest of Moths Caterpillars

Presumably a communal silk tent of Malacosoma moths, with all caterpillars gone. Dear entomologists, please identify this.

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May 28, 2016
Part of the Irish Hunger Memorial

Part of the Irish Hunger Memorial

This is a part of the Irish Hunger Memorial, dedicated to the Great Irish Famine. These ruins, which reside amid skyscrapers, is a reconstruction of an authentic Irish cottage. Stones, soil, and vegetation brought from Ireland. The memorial is located in the Battery Park City neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Built in 2002.

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May 20, 2016
Windowless Building I, NYC

Windowless Building I, NYC

The Long Lines Building (the former AT&T Long Lines Building) is a windowless concrete skyscraper in Manhattan, New York, United States. Unusual light streaks on the front side are caused by reflected sunlight from the windows of other buildings.

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May 11, 2016
Scandinavian Modernism Mirrored and Reflected Infinitely

Scandinavian Modernism Mirrored and Reflected Infinitely

Scandinavian Modernism Mirrored and Reflected Infinitely, Josiah McElheny, 2005.
Hand-blown mirrored glass objects, transparent and industrial mirror, chrome, metal, wood, electric lighting.

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April 23, 2016
Fragment of a Glass Mosaic
Block Statue of Ay

Block Statue of Ay

Limestone. New Kingdom, late Dynasty XVIII, reign of Tutankhamun.

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April 23, 2016
Magical Fish

Magical Fish

Pottery, painted. New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (circa 1390-1352 B.C.E.) or Akhenaten (circa 1352-1336 B.C.E.). The fish represented is the perch or bolti (Tilapia nilotica), a creature that attracted the attention of the ancient Egyptians by its breeding habits. When bolti eggs have been deposited and fertilized, the female draws them into her mouth and keeps them there until they hatch. The Egyptians came to view the bolti as an animal capable of spontaneous generation and thus as a symbol of resurrection and rebirth.

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April 23, 2016
Spooky

Spooky

A fragment of an artifact. Brooklyn Museum.

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April 23, 2016
Back to Brooklyn

Back to Brooklyn

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April 10, 2016
Mexico Beach's Beach. Florida
U.S. Navy Deep Dive System Mark 1 (DDS-MK1)

U.S. Navy Deep Dive System Mark 1 (DDS-MK1)

Experimental dive system from 1968. Man in the Sea Museum, Panama City Beach, Florida.

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April 08, 2016
Tech Diver - IUC Yellow Submarine

Tech Diver - IUC Yellow Submarine

Man in the Sea Museum, Panama City Beach, Florida.

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April 08, 2016
Cape San Blas, Florida
WonderWorks

WonderWorks

WonderWorks - an amusement park. Panama City Beach, Florida.

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April 06, 2016
Pier Fishing

Pier Fishing

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April 05, 2016
Florida Fishing: Juvenile Atlantic Sharpnose Shark

Florida Fishing: Juvenile Atlantic Sharpnose Shark

Juvenile Atlantic sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon terraenovae. Gulf of Mexico.

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April 05, 2016
Florida Fishing: Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre Marinus)

Florida Fishing: Gafftopsail Catfish (Bagre Marinus)

Catching catfish from the ocean was surprising at first. Then it became annoying. Now I know that there are saltwater species of catfish.

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April 04, 2016
Florida Fishing: Hardhead Catfish (Ariopsis Felis)
Pond Overflow

Pond Overflow

After the long drive, we arrived at the campground but there was not much ground to stand on.

Later I met a woman who told me that the evening before there was a heavy rain. She hid from it in her camper until the morning and woke up to discover that the belongings she left around the camper were either underwater or gone. Someone's things were floating around. The next two days people had to move through the water.

Heavy rain caused the campground's pond to overflow. Mexico Beach, Florida.

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April 03, 2016
Artsy Wall, Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Coney Island

Coney Island

Coney Island on a cold spring day.

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March 12, 2016
Fog on a Sunny Day

Fog on a Sunny Day

Pier 25, Hudson River Park. Manhattan.

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December 14, 2015
Coastline Reinforcement