Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Last Wednesday I was on a school excursion to Melbourne Museum.
There I photographed this amazing gold nugget ~ at least a reproduction!
The real one, known as the Welcome Nugget, was found in 1858 at Ballarat, north of Melbourne.
The nugget weighed 63kg. of water-worn gold.
It was sold for 10,500 pounds and was exported to London where it was melted down.
But as I gazed at the reproduction, what intrigued me most was the three dimensional shadow effect from the array of museum spot lights! Fascinating!
NOTE: And strangely, between this post and the last one, I have passed the 30,000 mark of visitors from 120 countries.
My own little piece of precious gold!
Thank you so much to all those who have taken time to wander here!
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Shadow Shot Sunday #91
Haiku Bones #10 ~ Seductive
One Single Impression #103 ~ Gold
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Precious ragged chunk
Like spewed frozen gold lava
Seductive treasure
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AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Welcome Nugget at Melbourne Museum and a Thank You!
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18 comments:
First of all, Gemma, let me congratulate you on your 30,000 visitors from 120 countries! It is amazing isn't it! Your blog is most deserving of it! Next, your photo is terrific! A really stunning shot with all the different shadows! It's history is really fascinating! And, of course, your words match the photo perfectly. Have a great weekend and Happy Valentine's day!
Sylvia
The light plays off the rugged shape of the nugget. Somewhat like a giant gem, the shadows a result of the tricks that light play with our eyes. It is lovely, the real gold rock long since gone. As Oz has so many precious metals within its border, this could be considered a typical find in its day.
You deserve the number of hits you get, as it is a great site, the pictures and poetry wonderful!
Good morning dowununder... Early riser?
Thanks for the nuggets! My dinner §;-)
I been to Melb musuem awhile ago and I love wandering around. Gorgeous indeed.
You really done a great job.
Happy Heart's Day.
xoxo
Wowza! I love the nugget, but I especially love the shadow! And congrats on having over 30,000 visitors to your ever inspiring blog. That's a super achievement and I can understand why so many people flock here! Hope you're having a lovely Valentine's Day Gemma!
Beautiful post. Happy Valentines day.
What an extraordinary find that must have been. The shadows on and cast by this exhibit are wonderful.
Congratulations on your milestone :-)
firstly. congrats on the feat. its amazing to achieve that number of readers and visitors. its golden.
second. thanks for sharing the story. such an interesting trivia of sort.
third, enjoyed the haiku.
This is amazing Gemma and thanks for ferreting out such information for the benefit of your readers and followers like me!
T'was beautifully photographed, too!
Have a golden week ahead...:)
Wow...30,000 visitors! Congratulations, and I'm happy to be one that visits your blog each week.
I enjoyed your haiku, and was amazed by how huge that chunk of gold was. Lovely photograph, too.
Isn't it strange how man has learned to covet such an unusual Earth element...how many lives were destroyed in the name of it and we still covet it, as world monetary values still worship it's worthiness...gimme a bar of chocolate any old day to replace that bar of gold, more to my standards...ha!
And yes dear sister, Spring is readily on the minds of all of us these days, as we look for any sign of it...however being realistic, we know that we have another FULL month to go before then...
But that's the one thing that I do like about winter(the only thing)...it always leads to Spring and makes that season ever so fabulous.
As merchants, this is the time we live for...people are able to travel to our shops, purchase the stuff that makes their spring gardens flourish and sing and just plain get out of the house into the fresh air...ahhhh Spring, time to while away the hours on my porch swing, while Scratchy chases vermin in the tall prairie grasses...ahhh paradise.
But I'm sad that your summer will be ending too, however, if you had snows like we do, I would really feel bad for you...CABIN FEVER is real...and it sucks big time, when you can't leave the house for days on end and the furnace runs continually, the dollar signs go up in smoke, as you know there will be no revenues because of the weather...and why do we live here you ask...guess that's the way of it when the homeland gets in your blood, I'm sure you know what I mean!
Have a wonderful week dear friend and know that I'm thinking of you from across the seas...in my frozen stupor...ha! And a big ol' cupid smooch to you too!!!
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hi Gemma, this was really a wonderful way to combine the Haiku Bones & OSI prompts..
indeed it is seductive gold! :D lovely...
I like this gold seduction!
words broken into tiny pieces
well done!
lovely..
i enjoyed this..
It just goes to show that all that glitters is not gold. Intersting post. Love your haiku.
You've woven the two prompts into one single fine treasure! Congratulations on your numbers! You surely deserve each and every one as your site is always exquisitely presented!
Well done - great pic and words.
Hi Gemma, that is a seductive treasure indeed. Even the reproduction, I would love to have one.
I do have some fools' gold nuggets that my deceased father had saved. He would tease my mom with them.
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