LA Slice number 5

 

LA Slice number 5

The La Brea Tar Pits and  Museum

The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of tar pits around which Hancock Park was formed in urban Los Angeles. Natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, pitch or tar—brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years. The tar is often covered with dust, leaves, or water. Over many centuries, the tar preserved the bones of animals that were trapped. The George C. Page Museum is dedicated to researching the tar pits and displaying specimens from the animals that died there. The La Brea Tar Pits are a registered National Natural Landmark.

Depiction of mammoth caught in the tar

You can see circles in the water, this is where tar is bubbling up from below.

Small tar bubbles appear randomly on the grassy areas of the park.  One must be careful they will spit at you!

Looks like an innocent pool of water.

Until you look more closely!

 

 

Tar Bull

 

 

 

I enjoyed these birds.  You need to look closely and you will notice that the skeleton of the bird is set in front of a picture of itself.

 

 

 

A photo depiction of a family of vultures of the time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



An unusual depiction of evolution. 



 

 

LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Artistic building



The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits.

Pavilion for Japanese Art

Garden walkways

 

Sculpture in entrance lobby 

LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States.  It holds more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present. In addition to art exhibits, the museum features film and concert series.  Due to time constraints we were only able to tour small parts of this amazing museum. We enjoyed items like “Urban Light” ....

 

 

and  “Metropolis ll”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've never added a video to a blog chapter but I'm going to try it this time!  Here a two short video's of the “Metropolis ll” in action!  I hope it works for you!!  Let me know via the 'comment' section below if videos do not work.  I'll have to do more homework!!

 

 

 

Slice number 6 coming soon ! 😊

Jan  🌷🌷🐾🐾