Posted on 09/10/2023 12:38:42 PM PDT by algore
The Statue of Liberty, with its big torch, blue-green color and fancy hat, is one of the most recognizable landmarks on Earth.
But when it was first constructed as a gift from France in 1885, the statue had not yet acquired this color, doing so later as the result of chemistry. The idea of returning it to its original color is gaining a little attention on X (Twitter). So how has the color been altered over the years?
As a video from the American Chemical Society's YouTube channel Reactions explains, the original color of the Statue of Liberty was a rather magnificent copper.
"In her first few decades in the Big Apple, the statue slowly turned from that shiny copper color to a dull brown and then finally to the blue-green, or as they'd say back in France, 'verdigris', we see today," the American Chemical Society explains in their video.
Over the years, several reactions took place. First, the copper reacted with oxygen in the air. The copper gave up electrons to the oxygen, leading to the mineral cuprite, which is a pinkish red. After that, the cuprite gave up more electrons to oxygen, forming tenorite, which is black, causing the statue to become darker still. But that still isn't green.
The water in the atmosphere, when mixed with sulfur, turns to sulfuric acid. When this was mixed with copper oxides on the statue, it began to turn its distinctive green color. Chloride from the sea spray added to this, making the statue even greener.
The statue has remained this color for over 100 years because the exposed copper is now chemically stable, but underneath that layer, it is still the original bronze.
The statue has remained this color for over 100 years because the exposed copper is now chemically stable,
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Then leave it alone!!! Is someone trying to destroy it??
Does look like her. Yet, some say Bertholdi used his mother’s face for Liberty?
The patina layer protects against further corrosion. It is in itself corrosion so if it protected against all corrosion, there'd be no patina.
Plus removing it will mean removing copper from the statue. And if they want it to remain copper-colored and not be just as green in 20 years time, they'll have to apply a new transparent protective coating, which itself will need regular maintenance and repair.
I want to agree with that, but you reminded me that Liberty died and things seem to have been stable for over 100 years since the meeting on jekyll island
“In November 1910, six men – Nelson Aldrich, A. Piatt Andrew, Henry Davison, Arthur Shelton, Frank Vanderlip and Paul Warburg – met at the Jekyll Island Club, off the coast of Georgia, to write a plan to reform the nation’s banking system. The meeting and its purpose were closely guarded secrets, and participants did not admit that the meeting occurred until the 1930s. But the plan written on Jekyll Island laid a foundation for what would eventually be the Federal Reserve System.”
Whatcha wanna bet they will “discover” the statue is rainbow colored?
Translation: ONE person had an idea and thousands of people clicked up.
This is not how we should make decisions.
-PJ
John Mellencamp said to let it fall down after the 1986 restoration, he wasn’t a fan. Watch the video from the 7:30 mark, its just 45 seconds, John didn’t think Iacocca did a Patriotic thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf73_MJiERY
“Who gives a shit, Statue of Liberty doesn’t mean anything to me, I don’t care if it falls down.”
Proof that the original color was grey. : )
Walternate was a jackass.
I kinda liked the alternate Olivia better.
Not good.
<< That’s one of the goofiest ideas I have ever read.>>
Wait until you hear……..once the verdigris is removed they will paint it the color of the rainbow flag !
The Statue of Liberty, with its big torch, blue-green color and fancy hat, is one of the most recognizable landmarks on Earth.
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...the original color of the Statue of Liberty was a rather magnificent copper.>>>
Over the years, several reactions took place...
Question:
As schoolchildren, many of us were told that Queen Esther's skin was green. Is this true? And is it to be taken literally?
Was Queen Esther Really Green?
(It's not easy bein' green.)
Liberty Enlightening the World (the name of the SOL): חירות מאירה את העולם
= 1432 =
בראשית 1:5
ויקרא אלהים לאור *יום ולחשך קרא לילה ויהי ערב ויהי בקר* יום אחדבראשית 1:5
ויקרא אלהים לאור יום *ולחשך קרא לילה ויהי ערב ויהי בקר יום* אחדhttps://thetrugmans.com/gematria/
(Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.)
(716 x 2; 358 x 4)
Tzafnat Pa'aneach [צפנת פענח] spelled out (Gen 41:45) = 1432:
צדי פא נון תו פא עין נון חית
In 1432
Esther sailed the ocean bleu
Her interpreter is You
He is a Jew
And that is true:
Christopher Columbus, Secret Jew
Columbus, Columbia = "dove" = Jonah:
You are Jonah. The real you, for "Jonah" -- in Kabbalistic parlance -- is another name for the soul. Hence, the story of Jonah is the story of a soul's journey here on earth. Thus, on Yom Kippur, as we examine our lives and consider our purpose in this world, we remember the historical Jonah whose real-life narrative symbolizes our spiritual odyssey.
The eyes are the windows to the soul. Who's willing to view that from an 'eyes closed' perspective?
Genesis 37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
“I wish our republic had a similar protection against democracy.“
It does: The 2nd Amendment…
You’ll kill the resell value of your Statue of Liberty! 🗽
The statue was constructed of a good alloy with the intention that weathering would give the statue the nice green patina that all fine statues achieve. Using a cheap alloy would have resulted in the statue turning streaked gray/black. Leave it alone!
for those that like fashion...Blake Lively did a take on the colors of the iconic landmark. Both versions are beautiful. You can fast forward to see the unveiling of the dress as it changes color.
Also, the pattern when the dress starts is from another landmark but don’t remember what. Maybe ceiling in a train station.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZetUoaopdY
or here is a pic of the dress wrapped versus unwrapped
https://i.insider.com/6270591b40473e0018a19a62?width=2000&format=jpeg&auto=webp
We’re broke, homeless everywhere, in debt trillions for the next 5+ generations, but they want to spend many millions washing a statue.
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