[NewCandle] Nicks new squid pics

[Horace Heffner]

On Mar 8, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Keith Nagel wrote:

> Here's a link to the new pics from Nick.
>
> http://www.kpnconsulting.com/newcandle/download/nick6.htm
>
> Enjoy! These answer many of the questions posed by
> the last few experiments.
>
> K.
>

I have been very busy of late and may be offline for an extended  
period. I just want to say that these are most extraordinary photos!   
Great job Nick!

I think the branching effect is interesting, and wonder if that is  
merely due to filiments in the "trunk" splitting off, or whether a  
true branch occurs and is built up, grows, from there.  As Keith  
notes, the big thick short branchless stuff looks like it was  
extruded from a cookie making tip.  However, I have to wonder if  
those are merely mature growths that have broken off, or very young  
versions of the "species".

You may find it of interest that I have some rock that has a large  
percentage of glassy like material within that, under a microscope,  
also looks somewhat like stretched filaments of taffy, but it is  
imbedded in the rock, part of it, and possibly part of a high  
temperature concretion.  I'd be happy to send you a sample if you  
want to take a peak. The rock also has obsidian like material and  
metal flakes, some of them having the appearance of gold.

Best regards,

Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/