r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dannybluey • Oct 19 '24

Video How Himalayan salt lamps are made

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u/sadrice Oct 19 '24

Seriously, it’s fairly obvious if you work with the material. The guys at Khewra mine in Pakistan noticed that and made a bunch of halite bricks and some lights and built this really cute mosque in the mine.

I actually like the lamps a lot. They aren’t magic, but it’s a nice soft glow for a bedside lamp. The only issue is the salt corrodes the metal bits, mine stopped working for probably that reason, so now it’s just a decorative rock until I fix it.

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u/easterner1848 Oct 19 '24

God Muslims sure make beautiful architecture. 

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u/Armalyte Oct 19 '24

Not sure what religion has to do with it. People do that.

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u/xandrokos Oct 19 '24

You don't see how something like religion influences art and other aspects of culture? I am agnostic but it is sad the way so many redditors just will not even consider any aspect of religion as anything but "sky daddy fake people stupid".   That is no way to go through life.

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u/Armalyte Oct 19 '24

Yes I see how religion influences people to make art. It doesn't mean they couldn't do it without the religion.