Dinosaur Island at Crystal Palace

As regular sufferers of this blog will know, I've long been in love with the dinosaur sculptures at Crystal Place, built in the 1850s. Today, the clever Dr had booked us in to a rare trip onto the island so we could get up close to the lovely, cumbersome beauties.

The pictures below show the amazing efforts of the conservation team - and how much they still have to do. So if you like these pictures, fling money at the Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs conservation page. You're welcome to reproduce the images I took, but ideally make a donation to the friends, and credit the pictures to me.

Mosasaurus
Note the second set of teeth insideIguanadon

Pteradactylus x2
Lord of Chaos inspecting Iguandon's bum
Inside brick-built Iguanadon
(This is where they put the steam motor in my story)
Hylaeosaurus spines
Megalosaurus
Teleosaurus x2, and Christmas presents
Megalosaurs eyeing up Hylaeosaurus
and 2x Iguanadon
Iguanadons chillax
The relative sizes of claws
Iguanadon, mid anecdote
An Iguanadon, surrounded by lunch
Mosasaurus waving us goodbye - note those secondary teeth
The Dr, in her best clothesSee also Doctor Who in Crystal Palace.