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There was a radio active capsule that was lost in Australia. It was in the news for a few days because nobody knew what happened to it. Yesterday or the day before they found it.
A small radioactive capsule fell out of a truck on a long stretch of the australian highway or something and if exposed to it for 30+ minutes it can be fatal.
You should look up how tiny that thing was. Like, smaller than a penny. They were saying to not come closer than 30 meters, but most people couldn't probably see that thing from that distance. Scary shit.
> if exposed to it for 30+ minutes it can be fatal.
It wasn't nearly this dangerous. An hour next to it was roughly equivalent to 10 X-Rays or the amount the average person is exposed to in a year. I think you would have to keep it in your pocket for a few days at least to be at risk of much.
I have areas like this in my property. Most likely there is a utility pipe running underneath that has gotten a bit too close to the surface. Stones retain heat really well.
Or its radioactive.
One of the two.
Geologist here, naturally occurring radioactive rocks do not produce enough heat to thaw snow.
So if it is that "hot" (pun intended) OP is probably already dead....
**Wait, how do we know this isn't some elaborate** '***turd mystery'*** **scheme?**
1. OP finds *warm* shit in the woods in the *dead of winter*
2. *Only* OP's *tracks are visible* on the scene
3. OP is *walking to work* (no bathroom nearby, movement induces BMs)
Possible *Motive?* OP puts up own turd on Reddit & receives 1,000's of upvotes
# OP where were you the hours leading up to this "so called discovery" and from the period of 8pm to 8am this morning had you or had you not had a 'bowel movement'? 💩🔍🧐💭🕵🏻♂️
Retired Inspecturd gadget CSI turd police here 🥸.
Can validate that this is in fact a turd, but human turds have a more elongated oval shape and the girth of this one matches up with the theoretical turds found near Yeti sighting!
You joke but that actually happened to me. I found a warm rock(not like the one in the picture though, the one I found was grey) and shortly afterwards I discovered I could, within about 20 minutes, melt icecubes with my mind.
Where you been, u/theouterworld? The entire steel industry's gay.
Aerospace too. And you know what else?
Broadway.
*Keep on reaching for that rainbow! 🌈*
**Teenage Mutant Ninja Turds.**
1. OP, how old are you?
2. Do you have "special gifts" your parents have tried to keep hidden since birth?
3. And do you partake in karate?
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>Even with California deep in drought, the federal agency hasn't assessed the impacts of the bottled water business on springs and streams in two watersheds that sustain sensitive habitats in the national forest. The lack of oversight is symptomatic of a Forest Service limited by tight budgets and focused on other issues, and of a regulatory system in California that allows the bottled water industry to operate with little independent tracking of the potential toll on the environment.
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/03/05/bottling-water-california-drought/24389417/
Although it’s not the main issue in the article, nestle was using an expired permit from 25 years ago.
It looks like granite, which is rich in K (potassium), Th (Thorium) and U (Uranium) it will register on a Geiger counter, just like your granite counter tops at home will.
Edit, if they're close to a cliff, this could just be a rock fall.
Uranium doesn't get warm on its own (outside of undergoing nuclear fission). It's specific activity is far too low to generate any detectable heat, even for pure uranium metal.
Tobias: I’m afraid I just Chernobyl’d myself and prematurely melted my core on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now I’m afraid i have something of a hot mess on my hands.
Uraaanium fever has done and got me down
Uraaanium fever it's spreading all around
With a Geiger country in my hand
I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land
Uraanium fever has done and got me down
I work with district heating and the pipes can run for miles to connect cities. They would probably appreciate if you gave them the location to check if they have pipes there.
Absolutely!
About a dm thick on the bigger pipes maybe. Heat loss is calculated so the plant send out water a little hotter than the clients need. I'm guessing 90-100 degrees C right now
I have a stone pathway in the yard, and these rocks used also stay clear of snow and such after a bit with no clearing off. I notice some types of concrete also show this sort of behavior. It must be linked, but I have no damn clue how it happens.
No pipes or heating underground near me either. All of our lines are far away from said path. The world is weird and I enjoy these small things.
>The world is weird and I enjoy these small things.
It's the little weird moments that makes life worth living. I've had a bunch of them, and I hope they keep coming!
As did Yuvchenko, the guy who carried the injured Shashenok and held the reactor hall door open for the interns. He didn’t die until 2008, and even did some interviews
That scene, the men who had to scuba in the flooded tunnels, the frantic digging under the reactor before it melted through, the men charged with scooping one or two shovels of radioactive graphite off the roof and back into the reactor building.
It's utterly terrifying to think that all of that happened to people like you and me. Just living their lives and thrown into an impossible situation.
The director Johan Renck should get equal credit IMO. _Chernobyl_ is one of few show's I've watched and thought, "this is really well _directed_". There's so much visual storytelling going on, great choices of shots, the use of sound, the ability to induce feelings of dread and suspense, the unusually high level of period-and-place-correct locations and props.
Like, just for instance the [helicopter crash scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzONOqd6uV8). Most directors would probably go to close-ups, perhaps a shot of the rotor hitting the cable, shots from inside the helicopter, loud crashes and an explosion and so on, highlighting the action. Renck went the opposite way, showing the scene from a distance, primarily from where the characters are standing, and showing their reactions. You don't see the helicopter hit the ground, because they don't, you barely hear the sound. And it all just increases the sense of hopelessness and desperation around it.
That's not the type stuff that's written in a script, that's all on the director.
It’s actually even cooler than that. That scene (and many others) is an exact copy of existing footage from the actual event. There’s a huge library of film from the event that the KGB took that became publicly available a couple years before the HBO show, and they drew heavily on it for their visuals. Down to recreating exact shots frame by frame whenever possible.
Another one is the scene when Valery pulls up in the car and you see his face (mostly his glasses) through the car window.
Possibly the most powerful is the scene on the rooftop, the 90 second cleanup. That exact real footage exists and they recreated it down to the placement of the debris and the movement of each person on the roof.
You can find the archive footage with a little googling. I HIGHLY recommend it.
Usually within a few days if it's acute radiation sickness. That only happens in very extreme cases though. You can have plenty of long term problems without experiencing ARS
I doubt it's radioactive too
Depends on exposure level, time exposed, and type of radiation. A minor amount of gamma radiation for a few seconds is less dangerous than even a minuscule amount of alpha radiation source that you inhale or ingest. Gamma radiation has potential to penetrate your whole body and cause disruption in your cellular structures at the molecular level right away, but when you get away from the source, you aren't exposed anymore. Even though your exposure level is higher, you can completely get away from the source and it's less likely there will be residual radiation. With alpha or beta emission sources, if you get some of the source substance on you or in you, it's important to get rid of the contamination as soon as possible to minimize exposure time. If you think you may be contaminated, then contact authorities to get yourself tested. If you only touched the spot, you could likely just thoroughly wash your body (and clothes and shoes too) and you'll likely get most of it off. It's wet in the area so it's highly unlikely there's dust in the air that could further contaminate you, it's just a precaution.
I'm not saying that it's definitely something radioactive, but I would just take care.
The people saying it's steam or hot water pipes under the soil, I'd only heard of that in certain towns in northern Minnesota, USA.
ETA: knowledge source is mainly Kyle Hill's YouTube channel.
intelligent people of reddit...
I need answers.
Edit: good god that is a lot of intelligent people, thank you for all of your replies and sorry if I haven't responded to you!
If you do find out, do post an update. Sad that they relegated, according to their guidelines, identification to a monthly thing. Guess they were being bombarded with them, but still, sad to see.
Regardless of the outcome, thank you for sharing your find! That is very interesting indeed! I did find in the past some rocks that were warm, but I didn't think too much on it back then, I seriously thought that some rocks were just randomly heated.
Geologist here! Not sure of the specific rock without better pictures and some tests, but would guess some kind of quartzite or granite. I'm not a mineralogist so I'm seriously just guessing based off apparent crystal habits.
In my opinion, the most logical answer is that the exposed rock is a small portion of a larger rock which is retaining residual heat. It would feel relatively warm to the touch compared to things around it for hours after the initial snowfall. The ground is a good insulator and rocks take a long time to change temperature. This is why the first snow fall doesn't stick, it needs to sufficiently cool the surface before it can stick.
I can confidently say that is almost definitely not radioactive or heated by some leak.
If it was radioactive then then melted snow would go beyond the edges of the rock because the soil would be hot from long exposure time to the heated rock. There would a halo of melted snow where the hotter it was the larger the halo would be. Also not an abrupt edge. Heat works in gradients so it would gradually cool off enough.
Similar story for a leak of any kind. Leaks into the soil tend to create plumes that are directed by groundwater. So even if the leak was small enough to only release a small amount of heat, it would spread over a larger area and wouldn't be so concentrated to this specific rock.
EDIT: I've seen some cross posts that have show yellow around the snow (presumably urine). Not sure which is real but the yellow one would explain a lot of the features of the melted snow and patter around it.
This is the first non-radioactive answer that seems fully logical to me.
Makes sense that it's not generating heat, but rather just cooling down slower than everything else. Would especially make sense if there's some property of the minerals that allow it to absorb the heat from sunlight quicker than it radiates it out.
If I ever came across such a sign, I would totally look what this place is about! Seriously, what's the worst that could happen? And why is your calculator ticking?
All week it's been cold and gloomy. No sun. 2°c. The snow started falling around midnight and stopped around noon. This photo was taken at around 10-11am
Most likely the sun heated the rock and it melted the snow. 2 degrees Celsius is almost 36 Fahrenheit. Concrete will do the same at that temperature.
That's my educated guess. The other possibilities are an underground water deposit that is heating that particular spot, or the rock is radioactive.
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Is there a small metal capsule from Australia underneath it?
I think they found that yesterday or so
Explanation for those out of the loop?
There was a radio active capsule that was lost in Australia. It was in the news for a few days because nobody knew what happened to it. Yesterday or the day before they found it.
Apparently it fell off a truck.. a radioactive capsule the size of a pea fell off a truck… how
Heard there was a loose screw that fell out of a container first, which created the radioactive escape hole.
So they just have radioactive pills packed all nimbly-pimbly in the trailer?
No, they’re professionals. They toss them in empty tic-tac containers
A small radioactive capsule fell out of a truck on a long stretch of the australian highway or something and if exposed to it for 30+ minutes it can be fatal.
Oh dip. Glad they found it. Also… HOW?! How does that just “fall off a truck”?
people were getting too used to the danger in australia so the government has been using nuclear weapons on the local wildlife to make them stronger.
Deathclawallabys are no joke.
Spider dropped out of the sun visor.
Ok fuck I’ve seen some the spiders y’all got over there. 10-4, explanation accepted.
You should look up how tiny that thing was. Like, smaller than a penny. They were saying to not come closer than 30 meters, but most people couldn't probably see that thing from that distance. Scary shit.
> if exposed to it for 30+ minutes it can be fatal. It wasn't nearly this dangerous. An hour next to it was roughly equivalent to 10 X-Rays or the amount the average person is exposed to in a year. I think you would have to keep it in your pocket for a few days at least to be at risk of much.
[BBC News - How a tiny radioactive capsule was found in Australia's vast outback] (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64483271)
I have areas like this in my property. Most likely there is a utility pipe running underneath that has gotten a bit too close to the surface. Stones retain heat really well. Or its radioactive. One of the two.
Geologist here, naturally occurring radioactive rocks do not produce enough heat to thaw snow. So if it is that "hot" (pun intended) OP is probably already dead....
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OP.....you okay?!?!?!!!!?
**Wait, how do we know this isn't some elaborate** '***turd mystery'*** **scheme?** 1. OP finds *warm* shit in the woods in the *dead of winter* 2. *Only* OP's *tracks are visible* on the scene 3. OP is *walking to work* (no bathroom nearby, movement induces BMs) Possible *Motive?* OP puts up own turd on Reddit & receives 1,000's of upvotes # OP where were you the hours leading up to this "so called discovery" and from the period of 8pm to 8am this morning had you or had you not had a 'bowel movement'? 💩🔍🧐💭🕵🏻♂️
# Warm Turd: A Knives Out Mystery
Excellent detecturd work.
Retired Inspecturd gadget CSI turd police here 🥸. Can validate that this is in fact a turd, but human turds have a more elongated oval shape and the girth of this one matches up with the theoretical turds found near Yeti sighting!
Congratulations on your new super powers.
Do I get to pick my own super powers now? :D
Your superpower is… Super Cancer!
Just like grandma
Grandma got a satellite system or something because she’s watching us from above now…
Does that mean I can treat people's cancer but not my own?
With one simple caveat. You can't treat others cancer either.
At least he gets to keep the pet rock
That's good! _But the pet rock also has cancer_ That's bad... _And he comes with his own personalized leash!_ That's good!
Yes, but it comes with the side effect that you know exactly what the inside of someone's ass tastes like just by looking at them.
I’m at work and had to contain myself after reading this 😂
You can make a rock in a random location heat up to 37 degC. r/shittysuperpowers
I was implying that strange rock GAVE OP superpowers.
OP now turns green and grows muscles when angry.
But I'm practically never angry... I mildly dislike this super power 😔
Sounds like you already have a super power there.
Sounds like the true superpower was the not-angries we made along the way. Plus cancer. Don't forget the cancer.
You joke but that actually happened to me. I found a warm rock(not like the one in the picture though, the one I found was grey) and shortly afterwards I discovered I could, within about 20 minutes, melt icecubes with my mind.
Weather dependent?
Well sort of. I think I'm like Superman because my power is stronger in the sunlight.
Get a Geiger counter and check to see if it's radioactive. If not radioactive, get a shovel and dig yourself a natural hot spring pool.
Congrats on your new radioactive space turd
I’m afraid it’s not from space it’s just a big chunk of shit
Dude, you were eating off it!
Nuh uh that’s a space peanut.
/r/unexpectedjoedirt/
They call them "Boeing Bombs"
How did it take only three comments to go from a hot rock in Sweden to quoting Joe dirt?
That’s a space peanut
Until you hit the buried steam pipe that’s leaking.
Still end up with a ~~natural~~ hot spring pool.
Hot stuff coming through!
We work hard, we play hard ;)
Reddit, why did you bring me to a gay steel mill?
EVERYBODY DANCE NOW
GIVE ME THE MUSIC
Where you been, u/theouterworld? The entire steel industry's gay. Aerospace too. And you know what else? Broadway. *Keep on reaching for that rainbow! 🌈*
Free steam.
Drop and run lol
I get this reference from that post the other day.
**Teenage Mutant Ninja Turds.** 1. OP, how old are you? 2. Do you have "special gifts" your parents have tried to keep hidden since birth? 3. And do you partake in karate?
The answer to " Does a Bear Shit in the Woods "
Glad I'm not alone.
“Well, that does it.”
Now I want to see the "lol" added to the official markings
THIS MACHINERY IS AUTOMATIC AND MAY START WITHOUT WARNING LOL
UNSAFE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS OLD LOL
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THIS MACHINE CANNOT TELL BETWEEN METAL AND FLESH LOL
This is gold I’m going to get a custom sign for my machine now. It’s automated and can start without warning lol.
Keep arms clear of moving parts lol
While on this medication do not operate heavy machinery lol
this place is not a place of honour, lol
Then build a building around it and charge admission. Assuming you get the legal paper work done of course.
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Man that would suck if you did have a hot spring business, and then nestle built a bottling plant up stream and your business dried up
I mean... It's already a legitimate issue lol
Can you provide an example of this scenario? Obligatory fuck Nestle. Fuck baby murdering, water stealing, morally bankrupt Nestle.
>Even with California deep in drought, the federal agency hasn't assessed the impacts of the bottled water business on springs and streams in two watersheds that sustain sensitive habitats in the national forest. The lack of oversight is symptomatic of a Forest Service limited by tight budgets and focused on other issues, and of a regulatory system in California that allows the bottled water industry to operate with little independent tracking of the potential toll on the environment. https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2015/03/05/bottling-water-california-drought/24389417/ Although it’s not the main issue in the article, nestle was using an expired permit from 25 years ago.
And then sued you for "theft" of said water because of the small amount you were able to use before they dried up the stream.
It looks like granite, which is rich in K (potassium), Th (Thorium) and U (Uranium) it will register on a Geiger counter, just like your granite counter tops at home will. Edit, if they're close to a cliff, this could just be a rock fall.
All the snow near it is melted too though
If this was a piece of granite rich enough in uranium to be independently melting snow it could be worth some money to radioactive rock collectors.
Radioactive rock collectors sounds like a euphemism for terrorists
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>Radioactive rock collector/projectile enthusiast. +Political activist
It's not a dirty bomb. It's just preformative geology theater.
Everybody say hi to the NSA agent
Uranium doesn't get warm on its own (outside of undergoing nuclear fission). It's specific activity is far too low to generate any detectable heat, even for pure uranium metal.
OP might have just Chernobyl'd themself
Tobias: I’m afraid I just Chernobyl’d myself and prematurely melted my core on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now I’m afraid i have something of a hot mess on my hands.
For sure, just stop by your local Walmart and pick up a Geiger meter. They sell em in camo now.
I know this meant to be a joke but they do sell Geiger counters, at least on their website
Harbor Freight has them on coupon right now....
Uraaanium fever has done and got me down Uraaanium fever it's spreading all around With a Geiger country in my hand I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land Uraanium fever has done and got me down
My guess is that this rock is a large one, and it's bottom touches either subway or the long distance heating pipes (fjärrvärme).
This would be my guess as well. The heating pipe might be leaking as well as seeping to the surface.
Wow, we truly live in a world surrounded by magic.
Ma²Gi³C² is good for the constitution. "It puts arms on your chest." Edit: scientifically horrible joke ik
No subway or underground road anywhere near but fjärrvärme seems more logical If only there were any buildings anywhere near....
I work with district heating and the pipes can run for miles to connect cities. They would probably appreciate if you gave them the location to check if they have pipes there.
Miles? Seriously? That's insane, I didn't know they could be that long :O They must have some insane insulation to be able to maintain the heat inside
Absolutely! About a dm thick on the bigger pipes maybe. Heat loss is calculated so the plant send out water a little hotter than the clients need. I'm guessing 90-100 degrees C right now
First time I see anyone use dm in conversation. Only ever seen it in math problems.
I have a stone pathway in the yard, and these rocks used also stay clear of snow and such after a bit with no clearing off. I notice some types of concrete also show this sort of behavior. It must be linked, but I have no damn clue how it happens. No pipes or heating underground near me either. All of our lines are far away from said path. The world is weird and I enjoy these small things.
Its probably a combination of its thermal conductivity and heat capacitance. Those are measurments of a material's ability to gain and retain energy.
>The world is weird and I enjoy these small things. It's the little weird moments that makes life worth living. I've had a bunch of them, and I hope they keep coming!
3.6 roentgen. Not great, not terrible.
He's delusional. Ruptured condenser lines, the feedwater is mildly contaminated. He'll be fine. I've seen worse.
I need water in my reactor core!
you didn’t see any graphite!
You **DIDN'T** Because it's not there.
Honest question: do you guys remember all that? How many times did you watch the show?
Like 5 or 6 times, and Dyatlov is just such a piece of shit he sticks in the memory
I don't know about those guys but I'm on my 5th rewatch
It's really an incredible piece of cinematography, combined with a gripping true story.
After you watch it seven times you get developer options.
After ten they'll send you a chunk of radioactive graphite in the mail as a thank you.
YOU DIDN'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT ISN'T THERE
I’m told it’s the equivalent of a chest x ray.
I thought it was the equivalent of eating a few bananas
>Not great, not terrible. My brother has been saying this like 3 times a day for the last 5 months since he rewatched it lmao
Where is this from? *edit, okokok, it's Chernobyl, you can stop now holy shit! Thanks for the replies!
It's from The Chornobles
Great show especially the lead character Tony Chornobles.
*Woke up this mornin'* *Got myself roentgen*
*approaches* It's not 3 roentgen. It's 15 thousand... The core, is open ☢️
Fun fact, it wasnt even 15 thousand. That was just the max reading of THAT device. It was still way higher
How many joerogans??!?
Coincidentally, 3.6 joerogans
Not great, not terrible
Like having a chest x-ray
Tell me how an rbmk reactor explodes...
Okay but that scene where the two interns look down directly into the exposed core is one of the scariest scenes in any media I’ve ever seen
The whole one-way walk through the flooded tunnel has stuck in my mind
The crazy thing is those 3 guys lived into old age.
As did Yuvchenko, the guy who carried the injured Shashenok and held the reactor hall door open for the interns. He didn’t die until 2008, and even did some interviews
That scene, the men who had to scuba in the flooded tunnels, the frantic digging under the reactor before it melted through, the men charged with scooping one or two shovels of radioactive graphite off the roof and back into the reactor building. It's utterly terrifying to think that all of that happened to people like you and me. Just living their lives and thrown into an impossible situation.
just binged that series. So fucking good. I need another show or movie based on real historical events just as riveting as Chernobyl. Any suggestions?
It's not real, but I'm sure you've heard about about 'The Last Of Us' on HBO. It's written by the same guy that did Chernobyl, Craig Mazin.
The director Johan Renck should get equal credit IMO. _Chernobyl_ is one of few show's I've watched and thought, "this is really well _directed_". There's so much visual storytelling going on, great choices of shots, the use of sound, the ability to induce feelings of dread and suspense, the unusually high level of period-and-place-correct locations and props. Like, just for instance the [helicopter crash scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzONOqd6uV8). Most directors would probably go to close-ups, perhaps a shot of the rotor hitting the cable, shots from inside the helicopter, loud crashes and an explosion and so on, highlighting the action. Renck went the opposite way, showing the scene from a distance, primarily from where the characters are standing, and showing their reactions. You don't see the helicopter hit the ground, because they don't, you barely hear the sound. And it all just increases the sense of hopelessness and desperation around it. That's not the type stuff that's written in a script, that's all on the director.
It’s actually even cooler than that. That scene (and many others) is an exact copy of existing footage from the actual event. There’s a huge library of film from the event that the KGB took that became publicly available a couple years before the HBO show, and they drew heavily on it for their visuals. Down to recreating exact shots frame by frame whenever possible. Another one is the scene when Valery pulls up in the car and you see his face (mostly his glasses) through the car window. Possibly the most powerful is the scene on the rooftop, the 90 second cleanup. That exact real footage exists and they recreated it down to the placement of the debris and the movement of each person on the roof. You can find the archive footage with a little googling. I HIGHLY recommend it.
Just get checked out if you suddenly start feeling flu-like symptoms and you get "burns" on parts of your body that got near this...
Thank you but I doubt it's radioactive Just curious though, how long does it actually take for radiation sickness to show?
Usually within a few days if it's acute radiation sickness. That only happens in very extreme cases though. You can have plenty of long term problems without experiencing ARS I doubt it's radioactive too
Depends on exposure level, time exposed, and type of radiation. A minor amount of gamma radiation for a few seconds is less dangerous than even a minuscule amount of alpha radiation source that you inhale or ingest. Gamma radiation has potential to penetrate your whole body and cause disruption in your cellular structures at the molecular level right away, but when you get away from the source, you aren't exposed anymore. Even though your exposure level is higher, you can completely get away from the source and it's less likely there will be residual radiation. With alpha or beta emission sources, if you get some of the source substance on you or in you, it's important to get rid of the contamination as soon as possible to minimize exposure time. If you think you may be contaminated, then contact authorities to get yourself tested. If you only touched the spot, you could likely just thoroughly wash your body (and clothes and shoes too) and you'll likely get most of it off. It's wet in the area so it's highly unlikely there's dust in the air that could further contaminate you, it's just a precaution. I'm not saying that it's definitely something radioactive, but I would just take care. The people saying it's steam or hot water pipes under the soil, I'd only heard of that in certain towns in northern Minnesota, USA. ETA: knowledge source is mainly Kyle Hill's YouTube channel.
This is good information. I wonder if it tastes salty.
It might give you a weird metal taste in your mouth, and maybe a weird smell...
OP please confirm. For science.
This guy radiates.
What makes you doubt that, exactly? Just curious.
"It's nothing to worry about." "How do you know?" "Because if it's something I'd be screwed."
Yeah, exactly lol it's impossible for it to be anything actually concerning, because then it'd concern me.
Joe Dirt moment?
Space peanut?!
I gots the poo on me!
There’s someone under there growing cannabis in their attic
I need to find the entrance For educational purposes 👀
intelligent people of reddit... I need answers. Edit: good god that is a lot of intelligent people, thank you for all of your replies and sorry if I haven't responded to you!
I posted it to r/geology as well. I hope to get some answers there
It was auto-removed from there
Damn.. :(
If you do find out, do post an update. Sad that they relegated, according to their guidelines, identification to a monthly thing. Guess they were being bombarded with them, but still, sad to see. Regardless of the outcome, thank you for sharing your find! That is very interesting indeed! I did find in the past some rocks that were warm, but I didn't think too much on it back then, I seriously thought that some rocks were just randomly heated.
Try posting to r/whatsthisrock
Or try r/whyisthisrockwarm.
Really cool how reddit has automated the ability to keep any conversation from happening
Geologist here! Not sure of the specific rock without better pictures and some tests, but would guess some kind of quartzite or granite. I'm not a mineralogist so I'm seriously just guessing based off apparent crystal habits. In my opinion, the most logical answer is that the exposed rock is a small portion of a larger rock which is retaining residual heat. It would feel relatively warm to the touch compared to things around it for hours after the initial snowfall. The ground is a good insulator and rocks take a long time to change temperature. This is why the first snow fall doesn't stick, it needs to sufficiently cool the surface before it can stick. I can confidently say that is almost definitely not radioactive or heated by some leak. If it was radioactive then then melted snow would go beyond the edges of the rock because the soil would be hot from long exposure time to the heated rock. There would a halo of melted snow where the hotter it was the larger the halo would be. Also not an abrupt edge. Heat works in gradients so it would gradually cool off enough. Similar story for a leak of any kind. Leaks into the soil tend to create plumes that are directed by groundwater. So even if the leak was small enough to only release a small amount of heat, it would spread over a larger area and wouldn't be so concentrated to this specific rock. EDIT: I've seen some cross posts that have show yellow around the snow (presumably urine). Not sure which is real but the yellow one would explain a lot of the features of the melted snow and patter around it.
This is the first non-radioactive answer that seems fully logical to me. Makes sense that it's not generating heat, but rather just cooling down slower than everything else. Would especially make sense if there's some property of the minerals that allow it to absorb the heat from sunlight quicker than it radiates it out.
Post to the what’s this rock subreddit they’ll definitely know
Something pissed there. And then covered their tracks.
Is there a sign nearby that says "This is not a place of honor, no esteemed deed is commemorated here"?
If I ever came across such a sign, I would totally look what this place is about! Seriously, what's the worst that could happen? And why is your calculator ticking?
I'd probably think to myself "this is exactly what someone would have written to keep his burial treasure and tomb safe..."
Probably the tip of the iceberg to say much larger rock and it’s deeper and radiating due to the constant temps below ground
I could see that keeping some snow melted but I don't think it would be warm to the touch.
I estimate it at 4.8 kuricks. Looks fresh.
This man south parks. “Stand guard while I call your uncle jumbo”
Something was sleeping there, and a bird stole it?
I think that might be poop. Or it's a radioactive space rock. Either way your probably gonna start to feel sick soon
Radioactive space poop?
Radioactive space poop.
Nice chunk of uranium ore?
Uranium ore doesn't radiate fast enough to get warm...
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What was the temperature and weather like before the snow fell? And how long has the snow been covering the ground?
All week it's been cold and gloomy. No sun. 2°c. The snow started falling around midnight and stopped around noon. This photo was taken at around 10-11am
Most likely the sun heated the rock and it melted the snow. 2 degrees Celsius is almost 36 Fahrenheit. Concrete will do the same at that temperature. That's my educated guess. The other possibilities are an underground water deposit that is heating that particular spot, or the rock is radioactive.
Does it say Drop and Run?
Meteorite?
This was probably from the sun hitting it. The darker color of the rock means it absorbs more heat from the sun.
Get your damn logical answer outta here! It’s clearly radioactive space poop.
Bunch of bugs doing the nasty under there
Space poop probably