A fanciful movie of a few years back, The Core, contained some of the most striking visual imagery I’d seen incorporated into an SF flick in some time. Have a gander at this scene in a “gem cave:” a postulated space about 700 miles below the Earth’s surface, filled partly by jagged nickel-iron crystals and protected by a cobalt shell from the pressure of the magma around it:
I was impressed by the imagery, and found myself wondering where the director had come up with the idea. Then, just a few days ago, I stumbled upon this electron micrograph of the surface of a kidney stone:
Quite a resemblance, eh?
There is a real Crystal cave in Mexico. The video can be found by searching youtube or you can check the link I provided. Pretty cool cave.
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Having had a couple of kidney stones, I can relate. They are like mini sea urchins
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ReplyDeleteAny crystalline structure will have similar characteristics - the only difference is the particular crystal structure type.
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