underthescopemineral:

Brochantite


Cu4SO4(OH)6

Locality:

Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

Field of view: 3.09 mm

Photo by 

Laurent Kbaier

Brochantite is a sulfate mineral, one of a number of cupric sulfates.

Formed in arid climates or in rapidly oxidizing copper sulfide deposits. 

Brochantite is a common corrosion product on bronze sculptures located in urban areas, where atmospheric sulfur dioxide (a common pollutant) is present. Brochantitie forms mainly in exposed areas where weathering prevents accumulation copper ions and enhancement in the acidity of water films. In sheltered areas, the main corrosion product is antlerite.

quigonejinn:

kyraneko:

naamahdarling:

winneganfake:

did-you-kno:

The Singing Ringing Tree is a musical sculpture in Lancashire, England. It is made of galvanized steel pipes that produce a dischordant choral sound that simultaneously resonates a range of several octaves whenever the wind blows through. Source

EXCELLENT. We’ll need at least sixteen more. And can you equip them with vuvuzelas? 

….Why did we, as a race, do this? This is DEFINITELY going to summon something down from the void beyond the stars to feed upon us all.

Why are we so sure that this void-dwelling horror is coming to eat us, tho? Prey drawing in a predator with vocalizations is not usually how things work. (Granted, most preys are less stupid than humans, but the point stands.)

It’s more likely that the Singing Ringing Tree is going to accidentally function as a transgalactic mating call, a siren song that resonates into the void and draws some monstrous alien leviathan from the abyss between stars to copulate with the Earth, hoping our planet will sire a vicious clutch of discordant-voiced offspring to unleash upon the stars.

#I just pity the neighbours (realkaijuhavecurves)