erratics and invasives

Erratic at Weeksville, Brooklyn

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:39:39 -0400

Erratic at Weeksville, Brooklyn

Stand of ailanthus and other volunteers in Crown Heights,...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:05:21 -0400

Stand of ailanthus and other volunteers in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Balancing Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado (W. G. Chamberlain,...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:44:28 -0400

Balancing Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado (W. G. Chamberlain, c. 1900)

ailanthus sprouts

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:30:08 -0400

ailanthus sprouts

No. 14. Perched rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona, (William Bell,...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:04:28 -0400

No. 14. Perched rock, Rocker Creek, Arizona, (William Bell, 1871-3)

Showing excavation at north end of curve at 4th Ave. looking...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:41:25 -0400

Showing excavation at north end of curve at 4th Ave. looking north from spoil heap. Brooklyn, New York (Urquhart, July 17, 1914)

Giant boulder (glacial erratic) of Precambrian gneiss near...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:52:59 -0400

Giant boulder (glacial erratic) of Precambrian gneiss near Inspiration Point on the north rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The boulder, measuring 24 x 20 x 18 feet and weighing more than 500 tons, was dropped at this locality by glacial ice; it now rests on the much younger Plateau Rhyolite. The distance that the boulder was carried or pushed was at least 15 miles. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (1970)

Photograph of Tree of Heaven at Mitchell Park, 07/22/1949....

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:13:28 -0400

Photograph of Tree of Heaven at Mitchell Park, 07/22/1949. (Records of the Forest Service, 1870-2008)

Perched erratic deposited on the ridge west of Upper Yosemite...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:56:38 -0400

Perched erratic deposited on the ridge west of Upper Yosemite Fall during a pre-Tahoe glaciation. Pedestal height of 5 feet indicates the amount of rock weathered away since the boulder was dropped by the ice. Yosemite National Park, California (not dated, before 1987)

last year’s perennials, Brooklyn

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:04:18 -0400

last year’s perennials, Brooklyn

architectural remnants, Brooklyn

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:37:33 -0400

architectural remnants, Brooklyn

Children playing in backyard in slum area near capitol. This...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:11:40 -0400

Children playing in backyard in slum area near capitol. This area inhabited by both white and Negro, Washington, D.C (Carl Mydans, Sept. 1935)

Erratic boulder at the base of Sentinel Dome. A row of such...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:46:31 -0400

Erratic boulder at the base of Sentinel Dome. A row of such boulders marks the highest level reached by ice in the vicinity of Glacier Point. They are the sole remnants of a very ancient moraine, the rest of which has long since disappeared, and they are believed to record a stage of glaciation that antedated the El Portal stage. The boulder shown here was angular when deposited by the ice and has become round by long- continued exfoliation. Yosemite National Park, California (Plate 38-B, U.S. Geological Survey, Professional paper 160, 1913)

THE VACANT LOT NEXT TO 2303 EAST 63RD STREET HAS BECOME AN...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:00:20 -0400

THE VACANT LOT NEXT TO 2303 EAST 63RD STREET HAS BECOME AN UNSIGHTLY DUMPING GROUND, 06/1973 (DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, compiled 1972 - 1977)

Erratics, Garnet Ridge, Apache County, Arizona, Canyon de Chelly...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:59:37 -0400

Erratics, Garnet Ridge, Apache County, Arizona, Canyon de Chelly quadrangle. (August, 1914)

untitled1010140943 (Tree of heaven) Southern Illinois University...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:02:32 -0400

untitled1010140943 (Tree of heaven) Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Ginger Stricklin)

Erratic near Lake Willamette, deposited by glacial(?) flood. Hat...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:01:59 -0400

Erratic near Lake Willamette, deposited by glacial(?) flood. Hat for scale. Washington (not dated)

thekimonogallery: 17th century, Japan. ”This karaori (brocade...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:34:22 -0400

thekimonogallery:

17th century, Japan. ”This karaori (brocade kimono) is a costume for the Noh theater and bears a design of paulownias and phoenixes woven with white, pale blue, leaf green, blue-gray, navy blue, yellow, and scarlet brocade threadson bluish green ground material. The basic pattern of 4 paulownias and 2 phoenixes is mirrored to create the composition pattern and this is then repeated. The grand scale of the paulownias and phoenixes adds to the powerful aura of this work. This piece is characteristic of the art of the Momoyama period.” Ishikawa Prefecture Museum of Art, Japan

Valentino Casallino, left, of 780 Bergen St., and Harold Smith...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:03:47 -0400

Valentino Casallino, left, of 780 Bergen St., and Harold Smith of 419 St. Mark’s Ave., study this rock believed to be a 50,000 year-old glacial boulder, which is one of many unearthed at the excavations for the new addition to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 5, 1934)

sunken ailanthus at low tide, Gowanus Canal

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:30:11 -0400

sunken ailanthus at low tide, Gowanus Canal