Photos tagged as museums
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Day 163 - NM Museum of Space History, Apollo Fuel Cell
There are a number of exhibits showing parts of rockets or space craft. This one is an Apollo Fuel Cell that converted Hydrogen and Oxygen into electricity and water.
- Date: 11 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 163 - NM Museum of Space History
Mom is heading up the steps towards the Museum. It is located on a hill above the city of Alamogordo and can be seen from quite a distance.
- Date: 11 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 163 - Alamogordo & White Sands
The White Sands dunes extend for 275 square miles. You can get an idea of the extent of these from this shot from across the basin.
- Date: 11 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 163 - White Sands MTR, VEGA Target Control System
This system was first used in 1973 to control up to two targets on the missile test range.
- Date: 11 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Stagecoach
The museum called these the 'Greyhounds of the West'. There were often relay stations every ten to twenty miles.
- Date: 10 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Mom
The State of New Mexico set up a Farm & Ranch Museum in Las Cruces, which we visited.
- Date: 10 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Longhorn & Calf
This longhorn has her newborn with her.
- Date: 10 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Eqpt Display
This shows some of the equipment on display at the Farm & Ranch Museum.
- Date: 10 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Alamogordo, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Covered Wagon
There were many types of covered wagons in use in the old west, not just the Conestoga often seen in the movies.
- Date: 10 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Las Cruces, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Cactus Garden
The Museum had an excellant cactus garden, but unfortunately has not labeled the plants.
- Date: 10 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Las Cruces, USA: gallery
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Day 162 - Farm & Ranch Museum, Corriente Bull
The Corriente Cattle were brought from Spain to the America's in the 1400's. They are smaller then many breds raised today, but quite hardy. Texas Longhorns are probably descended from Corriente's.
- Date: 10 February 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Las Cruces, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - Mission, Ox Cart Wheel
Part of the restored Mission is devoted to a Museum. This is an Ox Cart wheel of the same type as used in this area in 1749
- Date: 30 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - Mission, Diarama
There were several very nice diarama's in the museum, such as this, depicting different aspects of life in the late 1700's.
- Date: 30 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - Copper Perol Diagram
This is a diagram showing how 1700's priests and workers used the Perol to distill liquor for the Mission and settlement use (both drink and medicinal)
- Date: 30 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - Copper Perol
This was discovered during excavations at the Mission.
- Date: 30 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 151 - The Old Sacristy
Prior to 1770, this room was used as the Sacristy, a room for keeping objects used in Church services as well as Church record keeping. Once the new Chapel was built, it was converted to a grainery.
- Date: 30 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Robert on Catwalk
My cousin Robert and I went through an Oil Derrick that has been turned into a museum
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Robert & Top Drive
A sign says the Top Drive hangs in teh derrick attaching the drillstring below the travelling block. This replaces the kelly & swivel technology. Looks like you need to learn some new terminology to work on an oil derrick.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Power Tongs
Power tongs (wrenches) provide a way to screw together the drill pipe connections.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Link from Chain
My cousin, Robert, is standing by a single link from one of the chains that tie down a drilling platform.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Escape Pod
The sign says this can old 28 people in an emergancy. Seems a bit cozy to me.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Semisubmersable Platform
The museum has a large display showing many different types of offshore oil platforms. This one is a semisubmersible and can be kept on location with thrusters.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Jack-up Platform
These platforms can be moved from one place to another, then anchor themselves in place by lowering the jack like legs.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Fixed Production Platform
This model represents a centrally located, fixed production platform. It can support directional drilling and ongoing production of up to two dozen wells.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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Day 148 - Ocean Star, Drilling Models
This is part of a very large (24' square?) display showing different types of drilling platforms, both above and below the waterline.
- Date: 27 January 2008
- Photographer: jl98584: gallery
- Location: Galveston, USA: gallery
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