The Earthquake Rose
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When a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook Olympia, Wash., in 2001, shopowner Jason Ward discovered that a sand-tracing pendulum had recorded the vibrations in the image above.
Seismologists say that the "flower" at the center reflects the higher-frequency waves that arrived first; the outer, larger-amplitude oscillations record the lower-frequency waves that arrived later.
"You never think about an earthquake as being artistic -- it's violent and destructive," Norman MacLeod, president of Gaelic Wolf Consulting in Port Townsend, told ABC News. "But in the middle of all that chaos, this fine, delicate artwork was created."
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Nice momentary escape from the WTF world news...thanks...bump.

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yeah
that's pretty awesome, thanks poooooot.... I think I just might have to make one of these sand pendulums
that's pretty awesome, thanks poooooot.... I think I just might have to make one of these sand pendulums- Truthdefender

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Sweet! Very cool. 

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