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Our Dynamic Earth (1999) fabric membrane stretched over steel skeleton seen against Salisbury Crags volcanic formation. Edinburgh, Scotland. Architect: Michael Hopkins. | Fabric roof on steel frame of Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Fabric roof atop stone walls of Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Amphitheater forecourt at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Interior of fabric roof at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Display about James Hutton, the Scot who challenged the Biblical age of the Earth & founded geology at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Lewisian Gneiss oldest rock in Scotland at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | First geological map of Scotland (1808) by Louis Albert Necker at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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First government geological map of Scotland (1840) by John MacCulloch at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Model of Ediacaran Worms, first animals on earth, at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Model of Stromatolite, oldest surviving life form on earth, at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Model of Ichthyostega, first known creature to live in & out of water, at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Model of an ancient scorpion at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Model of Brontosaurus leg breaking through ceiling at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Model of Quetzalcoatlus flying reptile over Lystrosaurus our reptile ancestor of mammals at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Model of Archaeopteryx flying dinosaur with feathers, an early bird, at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Model of Saber-Toothed Cat, hunted to extinction by humans, at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Model of flightless Dodo bird, hunted to extinction by humans, at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Model of early human at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Overfishing statement at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Passageway portals illustrate earth's various types of sea at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Tropical rainforest display at Our Dynamic Earth. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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