Photography
tags: King Eider, Somateria spectabilis, birds, Image of the Day
Fifth in a series of duck images by this photographer.
Male King Eider, Somateria spectabilis.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
A small group of what appear to be Beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
tags: Northern Pintail, Anas acuta, birds, Image of the Day
Fourth in a series of images by this photographer.
Male Northern Pintail, Anas acuta.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
These animals appear to be California sea lions, Zalophus californianus.
Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
tags: Wood Duck, Aix sponsa, birds, Image of the Day
Third in a series of images by this photographer.
"Abstract"
Male Wood Duck, Aix sponsa.
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
This looks like a harbor seal, Phoca vitulina,
(doesn't the seal look like he's wearing glasses??)
by Deborah Brown Platform Diving [1994]
as portrayed in glass mosaic on the walls of the platform for the NYC subway stop (1 train) at Houston Street.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
tags: Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, birds, Image of the Day
Second in a series by this photographer.
Male Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus (left)
and male Long-tailed duck (formerly: Oldsquaw), Clangula hyemalis (foreground).
Image: John Del Rio. [larger view].
Zalophus californianus
This photo was taken two years ago during a visit to Sea World, Orlando. The sea lion pictured here must have been an old animal that used to perform, as when my wife and I waved to it as a joke, it waved back. Indeed, the best part of the day was throwing of few sardines to the seals and sea lions in the enclosure, although I was deeply saddened by the way most of the marine mammals in the park were kept.
tags: photography, subway art, Houston street station, NYC, NYCLife
Okay, let's move on to another subway station that I like a lot more than Elizabeth Grajales' Penn Station subway art. This subway station is the uptown and downtown platforms at the Houston Street station where the 1 train stops. This station is rather amusing, in my opinion, for reasons that will become apparent to you as we further explore the artwork at this station.
NYC Houston Street subway stop (1 train).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
tags: Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola, birds, Image of the Day
The first in a series by this photographer.
Male Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola.
Image: John del Rio. [larger view].
tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 4]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
tags: Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo, Manhattan, Kansas, birds, Image of the Day
Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo,
seen at Fancy Creek and Randolph - North end of Tuttle Creek Reservoir in Kansas.
Image: Dave Rintoul, KSU. [larger view].
tags: photography, subway art, Penn station, NYC, NYCLife
A Bird's Life by Elizabeth Grajales (1997) [Detail 3]
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the Pennsylvania Station platform for the NYC subway stop (1-2-3) at West 34th street. Even though the patterns remain identical, each detail is colored a little differently from the others.
Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].
tags: tree bark, Kentucky Coffee Tree, Manhattan, Kansas, nature, Image of the Day
Bark of the Kentucky Coffee Tree, Gymnocladus dioicus.
Image: GrrlScientist, 2008. [larger view].