Time Travelling Dinosaurs
Friday, 17th November 2006 by Alex Turnbull
It's time travelling time at GSS, and today we're travelling back to the Jurassic, Late Jurassic and the Pleistocene periods, all at the same time!
Yes you heard me right, as here in the Plänterwald leisure area, Berlin, we can see what appears to be a Diplodocus (from around 200 million years ago), a Stegosaurus (146 million years ago), and a Mammoth (from a relatively tiny 1.6 million years ago) all enjoying a nice day out.
Honestly, I bet they're not even anatomically correct...
More about the unfathomable enormities that are Geologic time periods at Wikipedia.
Thanks to dda.
About the author
Alex has decided that his title will be Senior Vice President of Stuff.
Its Google-tastic!
Haha, if you travel south down the river a little bit, you can see a guy kayaking.
So it’s time for Dinosaur spotting? I know of this one near Basel, Switzerland: https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=47.530234,7.621164&z=18
This dinosaur was constructed in 1980 using concrete and had to be teared down in August 2005 due to danger of collapse.
More in german here: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BCn_80 (the photo is of another dinosaur of a temporary exhibition last year)
More of the time travelling dinosaurs here…
View Placemark
These are on a small island in Crystal Palace Park, South London.
Don’t forget the Cabazon Dinosaurs, G J Oliver’s Steel Dinosaurs and the elusive Bennie The Dinosaur.
Quick! Reverse engines!
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=52.47728,13.496589&z=19
More dinos in Plant City, Florida, at Dinosaur World. Not terribly visible in this aerial photo, but the orange blob in the middle is the big dinosaur model that can be seen while driving Interstate 4.
Oh no! They’re taking over! Curses, now I’ll never get to use another phone again! I’ll need some kind of little talking Pterasaur like in the Flintstones!
Well, nice finds!
Don’t forget your earlier story on dinosaurs:
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/2006/02/22/steel-dinosaurs/
Also, I found some dinosaurs in St. Louis in Google Earth and wrote about both sets here:
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/02/dinosaurs_walk.html
Seems that this is on the raod for a DINOSAUR MEGAPOST
In Spain there are some routes where original dinosaur “footprints” can be seen. In the so-called highlands of Soria province they have built some real scale replicas. Here are some that I have found:
1- BRACHIOSAURUS (in Villar del Rio) – Good shade.
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=42.076239,-2.356063&z=18
Ground level shot at : http://www.gumaro.com/Soria/Icnitas/dino2.jpg
2- ALLOSAURUS (In Bretun)
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=42.062022,-2.390884&z=18
Ground level Shots in: http://www.revistafusion.com/cyl/2005/diciembre/soria.jpg http://www.rutadelasicnitas.com/imagenes/ftelavcote.jpg http://www.rutadelasicnitas.com/imagenes/13.jpg http://www.rutadelasicnitas.com/imagenes/12.jpg
3- IGUANODON (in Ventosa de San Pedro)
https://www.googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=42.012758,-2.263522&z=18
Ground Shot in: http://www.rutadelasicnitas.com/imagenes/1.jpg http://www.rutadelasicnitas.com/imagenes/sanroque.jpg
There are also TRICERATOPS, STEGOSAURUS, PARASAUROLOPHUS, and many more but cuold not found them
MORE INFO IN http://www.turismocastillayleon.com/cm/turcyl/tkContent?pgseed=1164025342472&idContent=131&locale=en_UK&textOnly=false
Another dinosaur can barely be seen here in Argentina (top-right of the intersection): View Placemark
Ground-Level photo and description of the location: http://www.idlewords.com/2006/02/two_dinosaurs.htm
Wow, and here was me thinking dinosaurs had been extinct for quite some time… 😉
Alex: that’s what they WANT you to think. We know better now, thanks to “the Google”.
Plänterwald is a great place for urban exploration. However watch out for the locals living their cause they really dont like people on their land.
Dinosaurs in Italian Safari Park near Harda Lake: View Placemark (45.482803,10.798139)
What else can we come up with (im german)