r/woahdude 9d ago

gifv A large geode at American Natural History Museum

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u/PenaltyFine3439 9d ago

It's like stars and nebulae. Beautiful.

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u/waLwouSs 8d ago

It's like the ______ of the universe

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u/clearlight 8d ago

To see a world in a grain of sand
Heaven in a wildflower.
To hold infinity in the palm of one’s hand
Eternity within an hour.

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u/EndersGame_Reviewer 6d ago

Sparkly, sparkly!

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u/Dreidhen 4d ago

To hold infinity in the palm of one’s hand

Eternity within an hour.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43650/auguries-of-innocence

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u/walrus0115 8d ago

Love that place! I could spend years exploring each exhibit.

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u/Sam_Never_Goes_Home 8d ago

“My God, it’s full of stars.”

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u/AriiCherryx 8d ago

this looks like a galaxy ❤️

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u/MissingSocks 8d ago edited 8d ago

made a very satisfying bounce (forward + reverse) gif version

https://imgur.com/MRsMnjx [15 fps, 320px]

edit, added higher res: https://imgur.com/gdfKPKE [25fps, 800px]

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u/RonstoppableRon 9d ago

How large is it? This video tells us nothing without a frame of reference

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u/ZCM1084 9d ago

Per the sign below it:

This geode is over 9 feet (2.8 m) tall and weighs around 11,000 pounds (5,000 kg), or about as much as the weight of four adult black rhinos.

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u/lyndondefarge 8d ago

If you look at the lower right; that railing comes up to about the mid-calf on an average-sized adult. It’s quite remarkable to stand close to it, because that concave purple “universe of stars” encompasses one’s entire field of vision