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Fighting the Fungus [ Easter Island statues threatened by lichens ]
The Art Newspaper ^ | Saturday, October 9, 2010 | Tina Lepri

Posted on 10/08/2010 5:45:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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Get it off! Lichens threaten to destroy the monolithic Easter Island heads

Fighting the Fungus [ Easter Island statues threatened by lichens ]

1 posted on 10/08/2010 5:45:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 10/08/2010 5:46:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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All the earth is a grave and nothing escapes it, nothing is so perfect that it does not descend to its tomb. Rivers, rivulets, fountains and waters flow, but never return to their joyful beginnings; anxiously they hasten on the vast realms of the rain god. As they widen their banks, they also fashion the sad urn of their burial.

Filled are the bowels of the earth with pestilential dust once flesh and bone, once animate bodies of man who sat upon thrones, decided cases, presided in council, commanded armies, conquered provinces, possessed treasure, destroyed temples, exulted in their pride, majesty, fortune, praise and power. Vanished are these glories, just as the fearful smoke vanishes that belches forth from the infernal fires of Popocatepetl. Nothing recalls them but the written page.

HUNGRY-COYOTE (NEZAHUALCOYOTL)
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Texcoco is now part of Mexico City.


3 posted on 10/08/2010 5:48:43 PM PDT by Ancient Drive (DRINK COFFEE! - Do Stupid Things Faster with More Energy!)
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4 posted on 10/08/2010 5:53:19 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Bleach in a sprayer?


5 posted on 10/08/2010 5:56:33 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (The liberal mantra: Never enough.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

OMG hilarious!


6 posted on 10/08/2010 5:57:20 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (The liberal mantra: Never enough.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Stone god man not be lichen it.


7 posted on 10/08/2010 5:59:49 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: SunkenCiv
...from the restoration school Lorenzo de' Medici in Florence...

Easter Island to experience a Renaissance.

8 posted on 10/08/2010 6:11:00 PM PDT by decimon
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Boron stops the growth of fungi.

They might want to try regular applications of Ronald Reagan's 20 Mule Team Borax.

9 posted on 10/08/2010 6:28:00 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: SunkenCiv

They have withstood mother nature for centeries, leave them alone for gosh sakes....but man thinks he knows best....personally does anyone really care about a bunch of rocks...not me


10 posted on 10/08/2010 6:49:16 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: SunkenCiv

I hope Squidward reads this.


11 posted on 10/08/2010 7:03:45 PM PDT by Minn
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To: Calvin Locke

Yep, Timbor or something...that’s good for wdf, why not rdf? heh


12 posted on 10/08/2010 7:23:31 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: cripplecreek

So we’ll ask ‘em, “why the long face?”


13 posted on 10/08/2010 7:27:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv
"Hey Dum-Dum, got gum gum?"


14 posted on 10/08/2010 7:29:23 PM PDT by justsaynomore (We've got some altering and abolishing to do! - H. Cain)
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To: Calvin Locke

Seems like the Easter Islanders could have prevented it in the first place if they’d just carved the statues out of boron. Buncha beach bums and slackers.


15 posted on 10/08/2010 7:30:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Winstons Julia

That’s probably banned under environmental laws. ;’)


16 posted on 10/08/2010 7:33:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

http://www.lichen.com/biology.html

“Lichens are fungi that have discovered agriculture”—lichenologist Trevor Goward.


17 posted on 10/08/2010 7:42:25 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (The best is the enemy of the good!)
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To: SunkenCiv

No doubt. There is also the possibility that you build a large building/museum and put the heads in it....

....but that’s prolly redneck thinking. Must have them out there where they originated! Because .. well.. they are warding off the alien invaders or something.


18 posted on 10/08/2010 7:42:41 PM PDT by Winstons Julia (The liberal mantra: Never enough.)
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I say let them rot. We are crushing ourselves under the weight of all this old junk. What can we possibly gain by expending resources maintaining a thousand old stone heads. I feel the same way about historic buildings and such.


19 posted on 10/08/2010 7:52:26 PM PDT by BRK
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To: SunkenCiv
For years Easter Island is a place I've wanted to visit.Now,I'm more certain than ever that I'll get there.Fascinating place!
20 posted on 10/08/2010 7:55:50 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor,9/11/01)
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