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ALT A Bennu sample on display at the museum.
ALT Two rows of mineral specimens. In the front row from left to right are specimens of calcite, gaylussite, sylvite with associated halite, and villiaumite. In the back row from left to right are specimens, of magnetite, thenardite, and trona.
ALT Tim McCoy (second from left) and his museum co-author colleagues (left to right) Tim Rose, Rob Wardell, Tim Gooding and Cari Corrigan.
ALT A view of the museum's Fossil Hall.
ALT Dr. Andrea Quattrini smiles at the camera.
ALT Dr. Sabrina Sholts smiles into the camera.
ALT A Yayoi Kusama pumpkin sculpture adorned with black polka dots. The pumpkin is yellow and huge. It is displayed outdoors on a snow-covered ground.
ALT Snow-covered trees in front of the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. on a winter day.
ALT The exterior of the museum.
ALT Sunset view of the National Air and Space Museum, featuring a tall, stainless-steel sculpture with a pointed tip, that almost looks like it's penetrating a triple star-like cluster near its apex.
ALT Dave Johnson smiles at the camera.
ALT A speckled epaulette shark rests on the ocean floor amid colorful marine sediment.
ALT Side view of a T. rex skull displayed on a plain white background.
ALT A T. rex skull lit up dramatically with orange light against a black background. A person's face is just visible between the jaws.