As regular sufferers of this blog will know, I've long been in love with the
dinosaur sculptures at Crystal Place, built in the 1850s. Today, the clever Dr had booked us in to a rare trip onto the island so we could get up close to the lovely, cumbersome beauties.
The pictures below show the amazing efforts of the conservation team - and how much they still have to do. So if you like these pictures, fling money at the
Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs conservation page. You're welcome to reproduce the images I took, but ideally make a donation to the friends, and credit the pictures to me.
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Mosasaurus
Note the second set of teeth inside |
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| Iguanadon |
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| Pteradactylus x2 |
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| Lord of Chaos inspecting Iguandon's bum |
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Inside brick-built Iguanadon
(This is where they put the steam motor in my story) |
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| Hylaeosaurus spines |
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| Megalosaurus |
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| Teleosaurus x2, and Christmas presents |
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Megalosaurs eyeing up Hylaeosaurus
and 2x Iguanadon |
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| Iguanadons chillax |
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| The relative sizes of claws |
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| Iguanadon, mid anecdote |
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| An Iguanadon, surrounded by lunch |
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| Mosasaurus waving us goodbye - note those secondary teeth |
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| The Dr, in her best clothes |
See also
Doctor Who in Crystal Palace.
I remember reading about these first in a Topsy and Tim and was amazed to discover later that they actually existed. Pleased to see that they're still there, albeit in this state.
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