Eclipse
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 6:58PM
[chuck] in Art, Columbus zoo, eclipse

A number of ancient cultures thought that a solar or lunar eclipse was caused by an enormous celestial snake that devoured the moon or sun. Lovely representation of this is hanging from the ceiling of the reptile house at the Columbus Zoo

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