Today was a very busy day so I didn’t even have time to stop for lunch to walk around and shoot. Instead as I passed through the building on errands and such I carried my camera with the new lens around with me. Being that I am still try to figure the best way to use this thing expect to see a lot of images using this lens for the next few weeks. I really enjoy how 3D the narrow DOF can make things look.

Anyway, this is Hyracotherium vasacciense, also know as “eohippus” or the “Dawn Horse.” This is the earliest known member of the horse family. With a small head, arched back, long tail and spreading feet it didn’t look much like the horse as we know it. Hyracotherium stood only two feet (.6 meters) tall and roamed North America and Europe 55 million years ago. The low-crowned teeth you can see here were perfect for eating the soft leaves of the abundant Eocene tropical forests.

This fossil animal is also a bone of contention between creationists and evolutionists. Pardon the pun by the way…