{"id":3338,"date":"2013-08-05T15:29:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T07:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2013-08-05T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T07:29:07","slug":"rock-balancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuif.com\/blog\/?p=3338","title":{"rendered":"Rock Balancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few years ago I have started a habit of building a stone marker when I visited a waterfall. A sign that I had been there. Here is an example<\/p>\n

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And here is a collage of many more. It is a nice pastime and doesn’t require much effort. Just collect a few suitable rocks and see how tall you can make the tower. A downpour, or strong wind, and it will be gone. So I leave only a temporary marker, which I find quite symbolic for human existence in general..:-)<\/p>\n

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It can also be done in a very different, spectacular way! Recently a friend sent me an email with pictures of amazing balancing rock formations. Like this one<\/p>\n

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The “maker” is a young Canadian artist\/designer, Michael Grab. He has a website Gravity Glue<\/a>\u00a0where you can find many more of his creations.Here are a few<\/p>\n

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I find them extremely, almost unearthly, beautiful. They seem to defy gravity, although as a physicist \u00a0I understand of course that it is gravity which keeps the pieces of rocks in place, at least temporarily.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly some of the comments on his website suggest that it is all fake, that he is using superglue, or metal pins to keep the parts together. Watch this short YouTube video (until the end!) for a convincing proof that it is NOT fake…:-)<\/p>\n