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Figure 5 shows an ammonite, Prionocyclus novamexicanus, both whitened and un-whitened. While you can see many details in either one, the whitened photo shows the shape and ornament of the fossil best, especially in a black and white format.


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Figure 6 shows the fossil photographed and ready for publication. Of course a scale of some kind needs to be placed on the final ...

With the advent of digital cameras the process of photographing fossils for publication has became a lot easier. The first plates I had the pleasure of helping with, way back in the ‘90s, involved many hours with an ink pen tracing the outline of fossils on the film negative under a microscope. These days, with a program like Adobe PhotoShop, the time can be reduced significantly.
Most publications still require black and white photos, though this is slowly changing (Biederman 2010, ...

The "New Posts" tab will now indicate when there's a new Blog entry on TONMO.com. Every 30 minutes our resident robot "octobot" will check for new Blog entries and when found, will post about it in a hidden forum dedicated for such notifications. There are no replies or new posts allowed in that new forum (which is hidden from the forum listing) - only the octobot notifications are posted there.

So, I just did fed the fishes at the big reef exhibit (sting-rays, eagle rays, barracuda, bonito...etc.) and it just occurred to me, of all the fish you have there, the rays are pretty friendly, they would literally choke themselves to death, wings flapping, eyes blankly staring at you while waiting for you shove some fish in their constantly open mouths than wait like the rest of the normal fish.

After working here for close to two weeks, I've started noticing things I wouldn't ...

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During the routine slacking off time while working at the aquarium, the scuba diver came up and brought us a dead fiddler ray from one of the larger tanks.

We took some photos, buried it in ice and a trashbag and we're not waiting for the vet to come up to have a look.

Awesome.
Also, pictures, incoming...at some point. (Can't let the boss know we're slacking off AND taking pictures that aren't really work related)

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