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Grains of sand in a jumping spider's molted head cap by Anonymous (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 month ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/weird_art@lemmy.world
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[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago

This was a post to a Dull Men group on FB, and I thought the art was fascinating. The user posted anonymously.

Here is the text of his post:

For those wondering, I do sometimes place my favorite sand grains into the empty molted head cap of small jumping spiders. It's an obsession, really. I've done about 30 of these total. This is a favorite as I love the green color of that one grain. 3mm field of view. I love Bandon Sand!

I'm 44, obsessed with sand and jumping spiders, size 14US and love avocados.

[–] SubUrbanIT@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

That is awesome! More please

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Geen sand?

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago

Beach glass

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sand can be fascinating! Like someone said, the green is likely beach glass. But here is more on various colorful sand grains: https://geology.com/articles/sand-grains.shtml

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

If the Bandon mentioned is the one in Oregon, it could also be olivine or epidote. Both are pretty common in the PNW.

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

This is beautiful and disturbing. Perfect art!

[–] fallaciousBasis@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

AI slop.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

this "ai slop this, aislop that" reaction is getting boring.

What makes you think that it's not a macro photo of what the title says it is?

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago

Your moms stage name is AI

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

Yes. Yes, you are.