Thursday, June 9, 2011

Harvard and MIT


Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Back of the Gehry building


Front of the Gehry building

Harvard




These trees were in flower all over the place. I think they are Chinese dogwoods.



Some of the 4400 glass flower specimens at the Harvard Natural History Museum



Yes, they are all made of glass.
They were made by a German father and son team over a period of around 50 years. The idea was that botanical students would have lifelike representations for their studies.
One of the most astounding things I've seen.

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