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At the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, Victorians could wander among statues of Minerva, Mars and other ancient gods under a roof of iron and glass. The palace burned in 1936, leaving these photographs all that's left of this vanished treasure. #FolkloreThursday #museum
Image: The Met, PD.
Image: The Met, PD.
September 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
At the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, Victorians could wander among statues of Minerva, Mars and other ancient gods under a roof of iron and glass. The palace burned in 1936, leaving these photographs all that's left of this vanished treasure. #FolkloreThursday #museum
Image: The Met, PD.
Image: The Met, PD.
In 1890, a paper in Tombstone claimed two ranchers shot a winged, alligator-like monster. But no follow-up photograph was ever produced, leaving the story in a cliffhanger.
Later retellings turned the so-called "Tombstone Phoenix" into a pterodactyl. #FolkloreThursday
Image: The Lost World. PD.
Later retellings turned the so-called "Tombstone Phoenix" into a pterodactyl. #FolkloreThursday
Image: The Lost World. PD.
September 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
In 1890, a paper in Tombstone claimed two ranchers shot a winged, alligator-like monster. But no follow-up photograph was ever produced, leaving the story in a cliffhanger.
Later retellings turned the so-called "Tombstone Phoenix" into a pterodactyl. #FolkloreThursday
Image: The Lost World. PD.
Later retellings turned the so-called "Tombstone Phoenix" into a pterodactyl. #FolkloreThursday
Image: The Lost World. PD.
Orion is not a true group of stars in space! They sit at very different distances but line up when viewed from Earth to make the hunter’s belt and body.
Who knows what pattern this constellation makes in other galaxies!
#FolkloreThursday
Image: Noirlab.
Who knows what pattern this constellation makes in other galaxies!
#FolkloreThursday
Image: Noirlab.
September 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Orion is not a true group of stars in space! They sit at very different distances but line up when viewed from Earth to make the hunter’s belt and body.
Who knows what pattern this constellation makes in other galaxies!
#FolkloreThursday
Image: Noirlab.
Who knows what pattern this constellation makes in other galaxies!
#FolkloreThursday
Image: Noirlab.