Scenery: The Nature history museum

Challenge #16 in the Nature and Culture series. Hosted by AndrePooh.

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Show us a museum which shows nature from the past. Explain in the description part what we see.

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Saturday, 14th January, 2012 (GMT)

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Saturday, 21st January, 2012 – Friday, 27th January, 2012 (GMT)

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Saturday, 28th January, 2012 – Friday, 3rd February, 2012 (GMT)

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Always hungry!

by SMacDuff

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Here are two T-Rex dinos from the Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Canada.

Camera:	Nikon D90
Lens:	Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G
Submitted:	Sunday, 22nd January, 2012 02:01 (GMT)
Taken:	Monday, 5th July, 2010
Focal length:	22 mm
Shutter speed:	1/60 sec
Aperture:	F3.8
ISO:	800
Notes:	Even though the lighting in the room wasn't great for photo taking, it did work out for this photo as it helped show the huge mouths (and teeth) on these two dinos.
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