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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"They are sensitive and they are completely covered in prehistoric markings which remain to be fully studied and any surface damage to the stones is hugely concerning.

“A rich garden of life has grow on the megaliths, an exceptional lichen garden has grown. So it’s potentially quite concerning.”

This is important - they aren't just a bunch of old rocks, they develop a "varnish" and an ecosystem that can protect them.

They say it's just cornflour and will wash off in the rain but people tend not to coat ancient monuments in cornflour, so we don't really know what the effect might be.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"They are sensitive and they are completely covered in prehistoric markings which remain to be fully studied and any surface damage to the stones is hugely concerning.

Bullshit. There is next to no other historic site that has been studied in greater detail. If no scientist up until now has created a detailed map of what is to find on those stones, then frankly, it's their own fault.

If anything, they should be concerned about acidic rain caused by air pollution. But you don't hear much about that, now do you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah. There's absolutely no way that they have not yet fully digitalized whatever is on them. And if they didn't, then they're huge fucking morons.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

they should be concerned about acidic rain caused by air pollution. But you don't hear much about that, now do you?

+10 billion Internet points to this man