With its water dyed ruby-red from wickedly toxic chemicals left over from aggressive strip mining, the Berkeley Pit is the crowning jewel in the nation's largest contiguous Superfund site. Not so gross to look at, right? Brace yourself for the next photo.
Berkeley Pit, Butte, Montana —
With its water dyed ruby-red from wickedly toxic chemicals left over from aggressive strip mining, the Berkeley Pit is the crowning jewel in the nation's largest contiguous Superfund site. Not so gross to look at, right? Brace yourself for the next photo.
Courtesy NASA
This repulsive item, a pathologically enlarged colon -- a megacolon -- is on view at the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Untreated Hirschsprung's disease, causing chronic constipation, resulted in this massive 8-foot-long organ. A wax model of a normal-sized colon is displayed below. Ewww.
Mütter Museum, Philadelphia —
This repulsive item, a pathologically enlarged colon -- a megacolon -- is on view at the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Untreated Hirschsprung's disease, causing chronic constipation, resulted in this massive 8-foot-long organ. A wax model of a normal-sized colon is displayed below. Ewww.
Courtesy Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
A hair bouquet: gross or gorgeous? Leila's Hair Museum is full of unexpected haircraft.
Leila's Hair Museum, Independence, Missouri —
A hair bouquet: gross or gorgeous? Leila's Hair Museum is full of unexpected haircraft.
Courtesy Adam Green/Leila's Hair Museum
The work of a group of artists, the Morbid Anatomy Library collects curiosities of many kinds. Among the eye-catchers: instances of anthropmorphic taxidermy, the resurrected Victorian craft of dressing dead animals in adorable little outfits and posing them in human activities.
Morbid Anatomy Library, Brooklyn, New York —
The work of a group of artists, the Morbid Anatomy Library collects curiosities of many kinds. Among the eye-catchers: instances of anthropmorphic taxidermy, the resurrected Victorian craft of dressing dead animals in adorable little outfits and posing them in human activities.
Courtesy Joanna Ebenstein
Artifacts, artworks, photos and more explore facets of death and beauty. Visitors to the Morbid Anatomy Library will encounter a range of topics, from natural history to medicine to the arcane.
Morbid Anatomy Library, Brooklyn, New York —
Artifacts, artworks, photos and more explore facets of death and beauty. Visitors to the Morbid Anatomy Library will encounter a range of topics, from natural history to medicine to the arcane.
Courtesy Joanna Ebenstein
Visitors to Malheur National Forest in Oregon may come to see Strawberry Mountain (shown here) but can also travel 20 miles northeast to see evidence of the Humongous Fungus, the largest living organism in the world.
Malheur National Forest, Oregon —
Visitors to Malheur National Forest in Oregon may come to see Strawberry Mountain (shown here) but can also travel 20 miles northeast to see evidence of the Humongous Fungus, the largest living organism in the world.
Courtesy US Forest Service
The forest's Humongous Fungus, the largest living organism in the world, is one of several "shoe-string" fungus organisms growing in the Oregon forest. A tree killer, the fungus colonizes, kills and decays the root systems of its conifer tree hosts.
Malheur National Forest, Oregon —
The forest's Humongous Fungus, the largest living organism in the world, is one of several "shoe-string" fungus organisms growing in the Oregon forest. A tree killer, the fungus colonizes, kills and decays the root systems of its conifer tree hosts.
Courtesy US Forest Service