伦敦自然历史博物馆是欧洲最大的自然历史博物馆。原为1753年创建的不列颠博物馆的一部分，1881年由总馆分出，1963年正式独立。爱好自然，想看它历史的人可千万别错过。

这是博物馆的外观（维多利亚式建筑，形似中世纪大教堂）：

巨大的恐龙骨架

我连它的尾巴都够不到

这张是俯瞰


2.25亿年前的树的化石

一种小猿类，在啃恐龙骨头

霸王龙

人马的刨面

穿山甲（我是第一次见到实物）

食蚁兽（小象？）

超级大蝙蝠

需要理发的狮子

望玻璃兴叹的老虎

把人装肚子里的黑熊

只剩下骨头的犀牛

和谐三宝

小羊

鲸鱼和大象的比较

大螃蟹（可吃）

皮皮虾？

海鱼的一家

国宝熊猫（有一天也得把国保送一个到自然历史博物馆，让后代的人看看这种绝种的动物）

镇馆之宝：达尔文

大厅内部

硬度

宝石之家（注意不要和结石宝宝之家混淆 http://www.jieshibaobao.com ）

群山之光

访问者留言

更多照片在这个相册里

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiruan/sets/72157623648450194/

Check here to see more photos of Spring Festival in StFX University Antigonish:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiruan/sets/72157623429858694/detail/

Zaanse_Schans_Windmill_20030927_IDZ103, originally uploaded by jiruan.

I start to feel the urgency of digging out some really old photos and put them on my flickr before they get lost in my increasingly crowded hard drive.

This album is one of the first albums I took after I arrived Holland. I went to this trip with two friends on September 27, 2003. And we certainly enjoyed it.

I saw a very old version of the Albert Heijn Supermarket (founded in 1887):

Fed a sheep:

Witnessed the process of making Cheese (The concept and taste of cheese was new to me when I first arrived at Amsterdam):

And some interesting porcelains:

Overall, it is an interesting place to visit if you have a half day in Amsterdam (cost around 20 minutes by train to get there from Central Station Amsterdam):

On my trip home in China.

This is a trip I made with my friends on October 12, 2009. Hao searched the Internet and found a trial to a waterfall, which is not far from Antigonish. It is about 30 minutes driving from the town center. Here is the google map address.

Click the above photo for the whole album. The following ones are selected from the album.

We certainly enjoy the view on the way:

The leaves have different colors:

It is a very colorful world indeed:

This is me with my Patagonia jacket:

My friends Hao and Maggie:

This is a lonely apple:

A small stream:

and a diving maple leaf:

Now we finally went into the woods. The trail was already narrow, and the water on it made the trip even more bumpy.

We were asking directions:

After we crossed this river, we were almost there:

Welcome to the waterfall:

The end:

Where is Chang’e?, originally uploaded by jiruan.

中秋节起源於中國，是東亞民间的一个传统节日，为每年农历的八月十五。中秋節不單單是華人的節慶，受中华文化的影响，中秋节也是日本、越南、朝鮮半島等地的传统节日。

按照中国的农历，八月为秋季的第二个月，古时称为仲秋，因此民间称为中秋，又称秋夕、八月节、八月半、月夕、月节，又因为这一天月亮满圆，象征团圆，又称为团圆节。

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E7%A7%8B

October 3rd is the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival of 2009. As Chinese, we celebrate the August 15th each year in Lunar calendar, so it is also called Mid-Autumn Festival. The origin of this festival has many versions. Here is my favorite.

Once upon a time, the earth had ten suns. They burned the crops and people suffered infertility. Houyi sympathized with humans, so he decided to shoot down nine suns and leave one for the benefit of the people. After he shot down the suns, he was treated as a hero. He had a beautiful wife named Chang’e, and they lived happily together. Houyi had a many apprentices; they followed him to learn hunting. One day, on Houyi’s way back home, the emperor of the immortals gave Houyi two pills, each of which granted eternal life as a reward for shooting down the suns, one was for Houyi, and the other for his wife. He warned Houyi, “Make no haste to swallow the pill.” Houyi was to wait until New Years Day, on which he and Chang’e were supposed to eat the pills together. Chang’e put the pill in her jewelry box for safekeeping. But Peng, one of Houyi’s apprentices, discovered their secret and decided to steal the pill. One day, when Houyi and other apprentices went to the mountain, Peng pretended to be sick so that he could stay home. After everyone had gone to the mountain, Peng sneaked into Chang’e’s room and forced her to give him the pill. Chang’e knew she couldn’t fight Peng, so she ate the pill herself. However, after eating it alone, she began to float. Unable to come back to earth, she took flight and flew far, far away. She did not want to leave her husband, so she stopped at the moon, which is the body closest to Earth. After Houyi found out what happened, he was very angry and heartbroken. He looked up into the night and called Chang’e’s name. He discovered that inside the moon there was a lady’s shadow that look like Chang’e, so he ran and ran and tried to reach the moon. He failed due to the wind.

More in

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival

Summer’s End BBQ, originally uploaded by jiruan.

抓住夏日的尾巴

September 11, 2009 is the anniversary of the official media exposure of Chinese milk scandal. Details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal (photos are from Zhao lianhai(赵连海) who organized this memorial event)

漫天繁星, originally uploaded by jiruan.

记得小时候在家乡也能这么清晰看到这样的星空，可是后来每次回家，天空都有一种灰蒙蒙的感觉，晚上就表现为很难再看到闪烁的星星。什么时候家乡的朋友们也会重新拥有照片中这样的星空？

下面这一张虽然看上去像白昼，但是和上面是同一个时间拍的，你能看到星星们移动的轨迹！其中的小窍门就是长时间曝光（这张是6分多钟）：

如果点击图片，你则能够看到更加清晰的大图。

A beautiful shot. This is not taken by me!