For months, I've wanted to post photos of my 60-gallon vivarium. Recently I got photos, but alas, they are too large to post! (To downsize will degrade pixel quality.)
I have 4 that I can send via e-mail if you'd like. Ever seen anything like this? (description of items below)
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60-gallon Vivarium (Mojave Desert)
June 23, 2005
Left to right, front to back:
River sand substrate (cleaned & strained, Columbia River, WA)
Petrified wood "rock cut" (pet store at Vermont & 45th Street, Portland, OR)
Dried weed cap "Hedgehog Cactus" (vacant lot near work, Vancouver, WA)
Flat, greenish-gray rock from jetty of Ft. Stevens State Park
Wood patio (pet store at Vermont & 45th Street, Portland, OR)
heat pad under sand
Climbing log (vacant lot near Royal Oaks Court Apartments, Portland, OR)
Wood branches 1 & 2 (National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield, WA)
Lava rock (parking lot, Royal Oaks Court Apartments, Portland, OR)
Jagged rock, lichen colony still intact from 1993 (Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley, ID)
Obsidian chunk, large (Upscales Reptiles, Tualatin, OR)
Fan Palm, artificial (Petco Hayden Meadows, Portland, OR)
Rock from basalt columns of Columbia Gorge near Stevenson, WA
Round, chocolate rock (Oxbow State Park, Sandy River, OR)
Driftwood (dike at Chapman Park, Washougal, WA)
Water cistern, looks like tree trunk (Upscales Reptiles, Tualatin, OR)
Brown rock (Oxbow State Park, Sandy River, OR)
Mexican Calcite "Cholla Cactus" (Handley Rock & Jewelry Supply, Vancouver, WA)
Grand Teton fossils from Jacobson Lodge near Afton, WY
Rock ledge (City Landscaping, Vancouver, WA)
Ceramic Den
Wood "boulder" from Campground B, Ft. Stevens State Park
Wood "ledge" from Campground B, Ft. Stevens State Park
Ceramic tunnel
Sand hill
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It's been an evolving project that took years; I'd love to share photos with interested parties.
