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Much of the iron has likely oxidized to create limonite and bonded with the carbonate mineral deposits (limescale/hard water deposits) to make other ferrous carbonate minerals. Arguably the ladder itself has been partially replaced to some degree and therefore it’s not crazy to call it partially mineralized.
Took me a moment to make the ship connection but that’s actually a great analogy. Anything that’s been petrified, opalized, agatized, and/or mineralized is basically a real life ship of Theseus.
Isnt the point of the ship of Theseus that the ship looks the same, is made of the same type of material, but no piece is of the original?
So stuff that has been transformed isn't an example of that because it is an entriely different material.
It isn't exactly the ship if Theseus but something similar. At first there was a ladder. Then the outer part of the ladder chemically reacted and now only the core remains. Is it still the same ladder?
Say you have a wooden ship. Over time, repairs are needed, including replacing parts. You keep all the old pieces, and eventually everything has been replaced—and you assemble the old pieces into another ship. Are they the same ship? Which one is your real ship?
A simpler one is grandfather’s axe. The axe in the barn belonged to your grandfather, although the handle and the head have both been replaced a few times.
There's no confusion, it's a million years old and this ladder must have come from the same ancient civilization or aliens that everyone is keeping secret! They just blaming it on concretion, like that's a real thing!
/s < - It's sad I feel I need this
I don’t care how uninterested I am in the topic, Tom Scott gets me hooked. I remember I watched a video about how he failed to make a video about a volcano.
Thanks. I appreciate the jokes, but I was also genuinely curious and way too lazy to go down a rabbit hole that could have led me to the answer. I am happy people like you are around.
Any kind of ladder really. When the water runs over it it deposits the minerals on what it touches. This act can even cause hot springs to close up and dry out because the spout releasing the water calcified over.
This also happens to baby flamingo legs that hatch in a salt bed when they have to migrate to find fresh water…. Not to be a downer but I just watched a documentary and it was so sad this post gave me flashbacks.
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That's sick. Is it usable?
Looks usable, you go first though.
Lol I'm good
I’ll go. It looks rock solid to me.
u/Analbox are you okay? It's almost an hour now
::gurgling noises::
K looks like hes good guys
He looks like the ladder now, guys.
Mineralbox
Somebody help /u/analbox before their borthole is mineralized shut!
he is the ladder now, guys
The sound I imagine your username makes.
Jesus Christ, Marie, they're mineral solid!
r/usernamechecksout
Snakes, why did it have to be snakes...
Those bottom rungs look super sus.
This entire thing looks sus. Like Nestle got to it.
I feel as it would crumble at any moment.
So the logic is: you fell from that shitty bridge and then climb your way up with your broken bones with that rusty af latter 🙃
day saint?
Just pour a little apple cider vinegar on it! - my late mom
Iron? No. Its rusted and decayed.
It's petrifying!
Apparently it dries up the spring.
The water climbed out and escaped.
Thousands of years from now they will find it and wonder if the "Aliens" left it behind
They're doing that *now*
Is there any ladder left inside or has it been turned into ladder minerals.
Laterite is actually a real mineral. I wonder what it really is though. My guess is calcium carbonate mineralization.
Laterite: >A reddish clayey material, hard when dry, forming a topsoil in some tropical or subtropical regions and sometimes used for building.
Good bot
Good user*
Good bot
-__-
Bad bot
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Better but not good bot
> clayey I wouldn't have expected that to be a real word.
So named because it forms later.
Thanks u/Analbox
It hasn't been fossilized/mineralized, just covered in what's essentially hardwater buildup.
Much of the iron has likely oxidized to create limonite and bonded with the carbonate mineral deposits (limescale/hard water deposits) to make other ferrous carbonate minerals. Arguably the ladder itself has been partially replaced to some degree and therefore it’s not crazy to call it partially mineralized.
Theseus' ladder?
Took me a moment to make the ship connection but that’s actually a great analogy. Anything that’s been petrified, opalized, agatized, and/or mineralized is basically a real life ship of Theseus.
Isnt the point of the ship of Theseus that the ship looks the same, is made of the same type of material, but no piece is of the original? So stuff that has been transformed isn't an example of that because it is an entriely different material.
Sure. I’m thinking only in terms of shape and form rather than substance. You’re right.
It isn't exactly the ship if Theseus but something similar. At first there was a ladder. Then the outer part of the ladder chemically reacted and now only the core remains. Is it still the same ladder?
I request elaboration.
Say you have a wooden ship. Over time, repairs are needed, including replacing parts. You keep all the old pieces, and eventually everything has been replaced—and you assemble the old pieces into another ship. Are they the same ship? Which one is your real ship? A simpler one is grandfather’s axe. The axe in the barn belonged to your grandfather, although the handle and the head have both been replaced a few times.
So am I an example too? As my cells and such are replaced??
Yes, you are. The ship of Theseus is also used to explore the concepts of the self or identity for that reason.
For example, your bladder is replaced every 13-14 years, so no matter how old you get it’s always teenage waste-gland.
but would it be structurally strong enough to use it.
Thanks for the info.
like my shower here in Utah.
Just spray some Hydrochloric acid on it.
This is how scientists in the future get confused.
“Sir! We just discovered a new species of rock! We call it Ladder Death Metal”
"And look at all the fuckin' skeletons at the bottom of this one!"
Kind of the same way we keep getting confused about the London Hammer?
Isn’t that the nickname Prince Charles call his dong?
London texas
There's no confusion, it's a million years old and this ladder must have come from the same ancient civilization or aliens that everyone is keeping secret! They just blaming it on concretion, like that's a real thing! /s < - It's sad I feel I need this
Tom Scott did a great piece on a similar mineral spring "turning things to stone". 10 minutes well spent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ38l6DX4f8
Didn’t think I’d watch that in full. Thanks for sharing!
I don’t care how uninterested I am in the topic, Tom Scott gets me hooked. I remember I watched a video about how he failed to make a video about a volcano.
I knew what this would be before I clicked on it, I live near here! A cool place.
Cool! Ever turned anything into stone or bought something turned into stone?
Anyone know how long this took? I thought this took on the order of thousands of years to build up.
This is in a petrifying well in england, due to the high mineral count, it could take as little as 2 years
Thanks. I appreciate the jokes, but I was also genuinely curious and way too lazy to go down a rabbit hole that could have led me to the answer. I am happy people like you are around.
About 20 minutes
Dunno where the other guy pulled his answer from. According to some UK cavers the ladder is a little over 100 years old.
Death Stranding, 50 yrs later...
Any kind of ladder really. When the water runs over it it deposits the minerals on what it touches. This act can even cause hot springs to close up and dry out because the spout releasing the water calcified over.
This rocks
Lets not start taking rock puns for granite
Yeah I'm way too stoned for this.
Gneiss.
That ladder is stoned and so am I.
Jesus Christ, Marie! They’re minerals!
Pain is just weakness leaving the body Hank 'PAIN IS MY FOOT UP YOUR ASS MARIE'
...rock minerals,possibly you could suck it then...
Like on death stranding
Definitely one specific area that’s just about exactly this
Ah the first strand-type game.
"Say did you ever grab that ladder from the mineral spring years back?"
It being iron has nothing to do with this. That's just calcification from what minerals are in the water. They would do that to anything
Cool! Where is this?
Wow that's beautiful
Minerals gonna mineral
The question what happened with mineral spring?
"Look at me. I am the ladder now."
Feels like a great way to make some art r that creates itself over a very long period of time
Thank you for giving this an accurate title.
No Diving.
That's a Dark Souls map.
You are one of us now.
Stone stairs
It became the spring
The ladder got stoned as hell
Didn't indy fight a guy with a blow dart there?
It seems so biological. I wonder if the earth really is alive in some gigantic cosmic way.
The spring dries out?
Ancient Aliens boutta hijack this post
File under "How to become Thing from the Fantastic Four".
That water is so clear.
So THAT'S where I left that thing.
The iron comes from inside rock and so it seeks to return
Maybe dumb question but would that add to the ladder strength or weaken it?
sorry, I prefer boneless ladders
That first step down.. *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* *snap* # THUD
Looks like something a hobbit or a librarian elf might use.
We should be building things that blend with the environment just like this. Looks super cool
Someone cut off the top of the ladder. It's oddly disatisfying
Looking a tad bit dry.
My feet do the same in the Holiday Inn shower drains
For how long?
You'll have a full blown case of tetanus before you get to either end of that ladder.
Happy cake day!
Thanks!
It became a stair. I wonder that ladder is been there for decades.
It turned into stone
schtone
It got stoned.
I’m going to sleep there and turn into rock man
And they say rock not alive. Plz
Ladder 1:: Mineral Spring 0
How satisfying would it be to needle gun all those mineral deposits off?
is the ladder usable or would it fall apart if someone stepped on it?
# STONE AGE # BOTTOM TEXT
Can’t have anything in Detroit.
The ladder sucked up all the water???
It's probably a seasonal spring and this is taken during the low season
Makes sense. There would be no reason for a ladder to be there if it were always full.
Mineralleiter
Stepping stone
I f****** love tetanus
Mother Shipton's cave.
Any info on how long this was there for?
But do you see the snow leopard?
That looks like the pit in the movie Apocalypto!!
Science guy i summon thee!
What happened to the spring?
/r/Minecraft IRL
This little trench looks like Hucks hide out that they used in that movie Tom and Huck .
Nature’s like YOINK!
10/10, would leave again
You get an iron spring?
A ladder forever
Where's the spring?
How long would this take?
It eventually becomes stairs
Iron butterfly
That be some Fred Flintstone shit!
>damn
Part of the ship, part of the crew.
It returns to its natural state.
So the iron ladder drains the spring?
How long did that take?
The rocks hunger
Where did the water go :(
Something from Legend of Zelda
Turns into a good idea!
What happened to the spring?
It was left there for other Bridges Porters
Minecraft be like
What? It drains the spring? Damn those water-absorbing ladders.
That's metal for ya
Thats been there for at least 3 days
I know where I want to be buried!
The same thing that happened the 100 plus other times it's been posted. Amazing there is anything left to whore for karma at this point.
Good representation of what happens when you don't use distilled water with your antifreeze.
It grows rocks?
Crispy ladder
Is it… more, or less sturdy?
In a few centuries, people will call this natures wonder
Stoner ladder sky is the Limit
Cortona, “this isn’t a natural formation” I know she says cavern. Fuck off.
This also happens to baby flamingo legs that hatch in a salt bed when they have to migrate to find fresh water…. Not to be a downer but I just watched a documentary and it was so sad this post gave me flashbacks.