Our visit to the Sonoran Desert Museum continued on Tuesday - again, because I want to share more than just a few photos from the place, I'm breaking the visit into several diaries...
Plus, I'm having issues editing the photos... the edited photos are not saving. (I'm using 'premium Picnik' from 'Flickr' and am waiting for a response to my email about the issue.)
Please continue over the fold.
You may remember that I had seen two lizards at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. (Actually, three - I saw two of this first type):
(And got some nasty, thin, fiberglass like cactus spines on my fleece coat while getting photos of this guy, too.)
And then my dad's wife found this one:
The reptiles I saw at the Sonoran Desert Museum were nearly all in controlled environments (terrariums, and the like). With the lowly lit, glass containers, it was tough to get ok photos - but I got a few that ranged from so so to almost ok.
Lots of the snakes were rattlesnakes.
I actually love this photo. Look at that evil eye.
Definitely not a rattlesnake:
And not a coral snake... Sure is pretty though.
If this isn't some kind of diamondback rattler, it should be.
So, that was it (I got a few more shots, but threw most of them out, because I jiggled too much) - pretty much - for reptiles. I'm saving one last one we saw on the way out, for after the purty rocks.
The museum includes a man made cave. It takes awhile for your eyes to get used to the lighting.
After showing some fake stalagtites and stalagmites, and some presentations about animals that live in caves, there's a section that displays minerals that are found in caves.
Azurite, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
Malachite, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
Copper, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona
Gold, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona
Sulfur, San Felipe, Baja California Norte, Mexico
Wulfenite with mimetite, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona
Vanadinite, Old Yuma Mine, Cortaro, Pima County, Arizona
Malachite, 79 Mine, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona
Kinoite, Christmas Mine, Christmas, Gila County, Arizona
Malachite, Old Dominion Mine, Globe, Gila County, Arizona
Dioptase, San Manuel Mine, San Manuel, Pinal County, Arizona
Wulfenite with mimetite, San Francisco Mine, Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico
They also presented some gemstones, though I didn't get the information on each.
That was it for the pretty rocks. :) And then, on the way out, there was an exhibit for Lizards. It was pretty chilly though, and we only saw one:
Depending on what I can get edited, tomorrow's diary will either be about sleeping mammals, or some bigger birds.