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Rusty Strips

Rust doing its thing. As rust has a much higher volume than the originating mass of iron, its build-up can cause failure by forcing apart adjacent parts — a phenomenon known as "rust smacking". It was the cause of the collapse of the Mianus river bridge in 1983, when the bearings rusted internally and pushed one corner of the road slab off its support.

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Uploaded on January 26, 2010
Taken on January 22, 2010