Smithsonian Institution
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Chromis cyanea (Blue Chromis)
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graffiti*is*your*friend said:
Is it dead?
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housegirl_photos said:
usually they are, tho I'm not sure how the smithsonian does it. Other museums I've worked for preserve them in bottles filled with alcohol, napthol, or some older preservative (for historic collections)
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Smithsonian Institution said:
Thanks for your interest in the fish specimen. If you want to read more about how and why these photos are made, please visit this link to an essay by Jeff Williams, collections manager in the Smithsonian Division of Fishes - http://www.click.si.edu/Story.aspx?story=104
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Smithsonian Institution said:
Also, if you're in the Washington, DC area, you can visit the National Museum of Natural History's New Sant Ocean Hall - ocean.si.edu/ocean_hall/
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Samantha E Smith said:
I LOVE THESE FISH IMAGES!! seriously. I think they're great. These are one of my favorite fish.
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), 1921
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Permissible Transport said:
See a blog post featuring this photograph at THE BIGGER PICTURE.
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Julie Lyn said:
A "gift of radium"? No regifting that, I suppose.
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cheerful wheel said:
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Fascination Nostalgia, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
Just made a purse from this one:
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Flickr Foundation said:
Thank you for sharing this image with a free license. I've added it to her Wikipedia page. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Joliot-Curie
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