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California 2023
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Diego
san Diego Zoo Safari Park
View from Safari Truck
Some fine Wildebeest
Sleepy Sumatran tiger
Sleepy Sumatran tiger
Walkabout Australia: Western Gray Kangaroo
Suspicuous Gorilla
Two beautiful Okapi
View from African Tram
USS Midway Museum
USS Midway
View down Hanger Deck
View down flight Deck
Conning Tower
Half of Flight Deck, from Conning Tower
Other Half of Flight Deck, from Conning Tower
Navigation/Communication center
Navigation Bridge + Guide
Navigation Bridge: A real Ship's Wheel
Captain's On-the-Bridge Cabin
Red + Black iron balls adjust compass
Captain's In-Port Cabin
Main Engine Control
One of the engines
Boiler Work Crewman
Crew Berths
USS Carl Vinson, an active-duty nuclear carrier
USS Abraham Lincoln, an active-duty nuclear carrier
Presidio Park
Mormon Battalion Monument
Mormon Battalion Monument
“Witches Tower”: Pentagram Roof
“Witches Tower”
Los Angeles
La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar Pits
Bubbling tar lake
Tar Lake, with model mammoths for verisimilitude
California Saber-Tooth
Columbia Mammoth
Dire Wolf
Display of Dire Wolf skulls
Harlan's Ground Sloth
View into Lab area
Project 23: Active dig area
Project 23 workers
Old Pit 13 tar pit
Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica Beach, from pier.
The Getty Villa
Getty Villa: Outer Peristyle view to Villa
Getty Villa: Outer Peristyle view to Villa
Outer Peristyle, from Villa
Inner Peristyle, with replica Muses
The Gold Emperor: Marcus Aurelius
Gold bust, circa 170 AD
The Gold Emperor: Marcus Aurelius
Gold bust, circa 170 AD
Horse and Rider from Albania, ~520 BC
Jupiter, found at Tivoli. 1st c BC
Bust of a Priest ~220 AD
Nemesis. ~150 AD
With enemy crushed underfoot and wheel of fortune.
Sarcophagus: Cheerful cupids make wine. ~300AD
Satyr pouring wine. ~90AD
Offering box and key, 2nd c AD
Slot for coins in the top.
Temple of Hercules
Lansdowne Hercules. ~125 AD, Tivoli
The Getty Bronze: Victorious Athlete ~200 BC
Woman Checking Facebook. ~100 BC
Gravestone of Woman with Attendant
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