Eric Sanderson pictures New York's natural history

http://www.ted.com 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery.

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[Regicide1990]

Canadian population is one of the most diverse populations in the world, yet its crime rate is pretty low.

[rileyo629]

I tend to find that racist people generally are the way they are so that they can feel superior to other people without having to go through all of the trouble of actually accomplishing something.

[Siglojunior]

Thanks for the gratefulness that we founded New York... Greetz from the Netherlands

[keetongeer]

This posted video, “40 Years in 3 Minutes” takes a look at some NYC moments in history while synched to The Beatles’ GET BACK and GLASS ONION. Also includes some 8mm film antics from 1971. Enjoy.

[TheFelixxRevolution]

@janissary211 Diversity has nothing to do with the amount of anything its about how different each thing is

[1RadicalOne]

So this is the origin of that National Geographic feature.

[1RadicalOne]

No, not that low. And at any rate, that is irrelevant. The per capita crime is one of the lowest in the world.

[janissary211]

@Regicide1990 Canada has a extremely low pop.

[rosscardwell]

wow

[mooseoftoose]

fantastic work.