intelligent life beyond earth-another photo quiz

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:13 am

nikon 4x reflected light

Unfortunately i think a real life image like this,is beyond our life span

René · Post by **René** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:01 pm

graphite?

In any case, good exposure!

Best wishes, René

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:04 pm

Thank you Rene. It's not graphite......

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 12:59 pm

Looks like chipped obsidian. But from a meteorite, perhaps?

--Rik

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 1:03 pm

tar ?

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:26 pm

Coal comes to mind at first. But I think we're going to need a little hint.

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 2:27 pm

It shows both some lamellar structure and curved fracture. Coal?

In any case it's a very notable image.

Litonotus · Post by **Litonotus** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:01 pm

broken glass? or dried and crackled glue?

nice image anyway (:

curt0909 · Post by **curt0909** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:23 pm

Titanium crystal? This is one of my top micro images that I've seen to date. Bravo

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:36 pm

Thank you all for your kind words.Most of you are close but nobody still has made a correct guess.
To give a first hint.This is something that is chipped............

canonian · Post by **canonian** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:03 am

harisA wrote:...something that is chipped............

Hm, 'chipped' as in Chip? Is it the ceramic base of a CPU Chip?

arturoag75 · Post by **arturoag75** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:08 am

objective lens or eyepiece broken

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:01 am

Raw silicon?

Broken hard plastic?

obsidian? (volcanic glass)

but your coment about our life span is very cryptic

canonian · Post by **canonian** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:17 am

harisA wrote:Unfortunately i think a real life image like this,is beyond our life span

Hmmm, another attempt: Fossile fuel, in crude form? or at least something fossilized.

This is a tuff one to guess...

harisA · Post by **harisA** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:32 am

Pau wrote:Raw silicon?

Broken hard plastic?

obsidian? (volcanic glass)

but your coment about our life span is very cryptic

And finally we found a winner.This is silicon from a destroyed microchip.If you look at the upper right corner of the image there are some signs of the destroyed chip microstructure. The image looks to me like remnants of an old alien civilization ,in a abandoned planet far away from earth.
Although i'm pretty sure that there is "life" in outer space ,and also support a teleological interpretation of the universe , it is unlikely to see a real life image like this during our lifespan.

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