Failed Nail Mysteries
A close-up texture study, and two more of my mini-mysteries:
1. It is not clear why someone drove this nail into the fence board and post, could not get it to go in very far, and then bent it over in apparent disgust.
At first, I thought the nail failure had led to the installation of the four serious-looking wood screws. However, a close look shows that the nail was driven in and bent AFTER the screws. It is bent OVER the head of one of the screws. Please feel free to offer comments solving the mystery.
2. A scientific sub-mystery: Why did a patch of lichen "decide" to grow just below the head of the bent nail? That is where rain and gravity would lead to depositing rust from the nail. Do some lichen "like" a lot of iron oxide? Let's hope to hear from lichen lovers.
Location: Rural part of Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Other Metal.
Failed Nail Mysteries
A close-up texture study, and two more of my mini-mysteries:
1. It is not clear why someone drove this nail into the fence board and post, could not get it to go in very far, and then bent it over in apparent disgust.
At first, I thought the nail failure had led to the installation of the four serious-looking wood screws. However, a close look shows that the nail was driven in and bent AFTER the screws. It is bent OVER the head of one of the screws. Please feel free to offer comments solving the mystery.
2. A scientific sub-mystery: Why did a patch of lichen "decide" to grow just below the head of the bent nail? That is where rain and gravity would lead to depositing rust from the nail. Do some lichen "like" a lot of iron oxide? Let's hope to hear from lichen lovers.
Location: Rural part of Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Other Metal.