Monday, October 17, 2011

Slices of Agate Geode

While walking through the geology section of the Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg, I discovered these beauties. Agates are made up of layers of chalcedony, a type of quartz and are formed in rounded spaces in lava rocks called geodes. Playing around with the white balance and the ISO settings and not using a flash indoors was really exciting and a worthwhile experiment.

I'm definitely going back to discover more hidden treasures soon.






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