History_of_Geologyさんのイラストまとめ

October 2, 1902, Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is published by Frederick Warne & Co. in London - Potter was also interested in minerals & fossils - watercolor painting "Eurypterid or Fossil of giant water scorpion"🐰

September 14, 1940, died #OTD, Swiss geologist Émile Argand. As an early supporter of Alfred Wegener he used continental drift theory to explain the #Alps as a succession of overthrusts & folded tectonic nappes ➡⛰️⬅ https://t.co/sp8FiF6Ip7

September 9, 1794, birthday of William Lonsdale, based on his research on fossils in Devon (UK) in 1839 the Devonian was introduced into the chrono-stratigraphic column
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In the night from September 6, to 7, 1936, the last known #thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) died in captivity at Hobart Zoo (Tasmania)
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September 6, 1802, birthday of French naturalist Alicide d'Orbigny, pioneer of the study of microfossils 🦠🔬
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August 27, 1883, in the early morning #Krakatoa explodes & collapses, causing a tsunami wave 40m high in the Sunda Strait, killing 30.000 people https://t.co/8HiJQJCMh3
Contemporary drawing & artwork by Severino Baraldi, 1981

August 26, 1883, a telegraphist in Anyer, Java, sends a message reading: "#Krakatoa erupted. Smoke & Darkness around." Less than 24 hours later the #volcano will explode in one of the largest blasts ever experienced by humans🌋
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August 25, 2000, died #OTD, American artist & cartoonist Carl Barks. He created many beloved #Disney antihero characters like the Beagle Boys, John D. Rockerduck & also former Klondike prospector Scrooge Mc Duck ⛏️
https://t.co/XMVWOBqSm0

Ice-age figure set includes a volcano ...

July 7, 1947, a reporter spreads the #news of an alleged #UFO-crash near #Roswell, New Mexico 🛸
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