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This gallery features photos of the dinosaurs as they originally apppeared. Their colors at that time were muted shades of browns. The scenery beyond the Brontosaurus pond became increasingly rocky and barren as the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods unfolded. The 1996 rehab included dramatic changes to both the dinosaurs' coloring and the Diorama's topography.

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An adult Brontosaurus cranes its neck out over the passing Traveling Theater
A family of Ornithomimus watch helplessly as one of their own is trapped in a bubbling volcanic mud pit
A Pteranodon has caught a fish from the tidal pool (where the Elasmosarus lives). This Pteranodon was replaced by the Ellen animatronic.
An Edaphosaurus showing his original, more reptilian coloring.
The Traveling Theater passes by the Brontosaurus pond.
The sun rises over the fog-covered Brontosaurus pond.
A Stegosaurus and Allosaurus fight to the death.
An Elasmosaurus lashes out at passing guests (note the Pteranodon from the prior photo).