Archaeologist specializing in Late Neolithic Sanliurfa, Turkey; D.C.-born; foodie; astronomy & gardening buff; guardian of a Wild Turkish Cat!
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ALT A view of crescent Mars against black space. The planet\u2019s warm color glows faintly along its rim. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
ALT A bird\u2019s-eye view of the double-ring Martian crater Huygens, seen in the top right of the image. The colors appear as a dramatic, blotchy mix of radiant blue and rusty red. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
ALT A photo of Mars, partially shadowed toward the top of the image, from its south polar region. The planet appears gray from this angle, and its southern ice cap is stark white by contrast. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
ALT A bird\u2019s-eye view of the rusty-red Martian surface. The surface is heavily cratered with white outlines around them, streaky due to the planet\u2019s wind. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
ALT My photo shows the so-called Clacton Spear point which was found in 1911 in Lower Paleolithic sediments on the foreshore at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. It is a brown wooden spear point worked from a yew branch. At the lower end the wood is uneven where it was roughly broken in antiquity. At the top end, the wood has been worked so that it tapers to a thin point, the tip of which has now warped into a slight curve. Since it was originally found, the spear point has shrunk and is now 36.7 cm, with a maximum diameter of 3.6 cm. It is supported by two thin metal display stands above a grey surface inside a glass display case. The museum label suggests the owner probably used the spear as a lethal weapon to stab prey at close range, generating enough force to pierce the animal's skin. On display at the Natural History Museum in London.
ALT Underwater archaeology in Saint Croix (📸 Jennifer Adler)
ALT Underwater archaeology in Saint Croix (📸 Jennifer Adler)
ALT Underwater archaeology in Saint Croix (📸 Jennifer Adler)
ALT Underwater archaeology in Saint Croix (📸 Jennifer Adler)
ALT Illustration of a Voyager probe in deep space. The spacecraft features a large antenna dish and several other antennas and instrument platforms extending from its central body almost like the legs and antennas of an insect.
ALT Oldest known rock art (📸 Courtesy Maxime Aubert; courtesy Ratno Sardi)
ALT Oldest known rock art (📸 Courtesy Maxime Aubert; courtesy Ratno Sardi)
