How Giant Tortoises are 3D Scanned!

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Adam visits an extraordinary archive at the California Academy of Sciences: its collection of mummified giant tortoises from the Galapagos Islands. There, he learns how museum researchers are digitizing its collection with 3D surface and CT scans to make them more accessible to educators around the world.

Learn more about the CT scanning of Cal Academy's collection: https://www.lumafield.com/article/ct-scanning-darwins-finches-at-cal-academy-with-adam-savage
Cal Academy's 3D Scans, via their GalapaGateway initiative: https://www.morphosource.org/teams/000381366?f%5Bmember_of_project_ids_ssim%5D%5B%5D=000369223&locale=en&sort=taxonomy_si+asc&view=list
Adam Savage Explores Cal Academy's Galapagos Collection: https://youtu.be/0uLpfXyETwg

Shot and edited by Joey Fameli
Music by Jinglepunks
Additional media courtesy Lumafield and Califonia Academy of Sciences

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