Bored Panda works better on our iPhone app
Continue in app Continue in browser

BoredPanda Add post form topAdd Post
Tooltip close

The Bored Panda iOS app is live! Fight boredom with iPhones and iPads here.

Agate Crystals Look Like Tiny Landscape Photos
User submission
2.6K
25.4K

Agate Crystals Look Like Tiny Landscape Photos

ADVERTISEMENT

Nature has a fascinating way of repeating itself on micro and macro scales. Vast landscapes, like an ocean shoreline or sweeping hills, can be reproduced by nature in the tiniest things, like these beautiful agate crystals that could fit in your hand or even hang around your neck.

Agate’s characteristic colorful bands are formed by gradual deposits of various layers of silicate materials on the inside of an open cavity in a volcanic rock. The colors are formed when various materials, like iron or copper, filter in with the water and silicates. The resulting colors and dynamic shapes can create beautiful abstract designs or forms that resemble landscapes!

(h/t: mymodernmet)

Image credits: Alain R. Truong

Image credits: Alain R. Truong / marsmedia

Image credits: Captain Tenneal

Image credits: Scott Schreiber

 

ADVERTISEMENT

Image credits: God’s Painting in Stone

Image credits: Stones In Motion

ADVERTISEMENT

Image credits: bellenature

Image credits: Kevin McGee

Image credits: Katpix

25Kviews

Share on Facebook
Paulina Tikunova

Paulina Tikunova

Author, Community member

Read more »

This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself.

Read less »
Paulina Tikunova

Paulina Tikunova

Author, Community member

This lazy panda forgot to write something about itself.

What do you think ?
Add photo comments
POST
LunaIndigo
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I totally agree! This is why I collect them, they're all different and beautiful

AdrianTalbot
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Think the third down (captain Tenneal) is captivating. But all beautiful, just that one stood out for me.

JorisBrand
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would love to have one, really nice! would have been fun if Jesus appeared in a gemstone like this..haha believers would go nuts, specially if it were older than Jesus himself. "God is everywhere" yeah right

LunaIndigo
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I totally agree! This is why I collect them, they're all different and beautiful

AdrianTalbot
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Think the third down (captain Tenneal) is captivating. But all beautiful, just that one stood out for me.

JorisBrand
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would love to have one, really nice! would have been fun if Jesus appeared in a gemstone like this..haha believers would go nuts, specially if it were older than Jesus himself. "God is everywhere" yeah right

Related on Bored Panda
Related on Bored Panda
Trending on Bored Panda
Also on Bored Panda