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The River Swale near Keld, Yorkshire Dales, England by Bob Radlinski

Columns of extrusive igneous rhyolite, Chiricahua National Monument, Cochise County, Arizona.

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Astronaut readjusts to life back on Earth

> Don’t give him a baby for a while.

every morning when i go in the kitchen she yells at me nonstop so i have to put the spoon on her head

he knows a whole lot about anatomy now open for hq

palaeoart

Finally made it to the legendary Stuttgart Museum of Natural History and it was worth the wait. Many people have described this as the single best paleontology Museum in the world and I can see why. There is so much to see, all beautifully preserved and presented. Over the next few days I’ll share my top picks from the museum but to whet your appetite, here’s an entire wall of giant Ichthyosaurs specimens from Holzmaden including Temnodontosaurus trigonodon and Eurhinosaurus longirostris.

A Stark Forest Of Standing Stones

The Pinnacles, a stark forest of standing stones on a plain of bright yellow sand.

Thousands of limestone pillars stand in groups in the silence of Western Australia’s south-west ‘Painted Desert’, part of the Nambung National Park. Nothing but the sighing and moaning of the wind breaks the eerie silence of the Pinnacles Desert. Any science fiction writer seeking a setting of a spinechiller need look no further than this alien spot, perhaps the inspiration of the blockbuster movie ‘Pitch Black’?

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