The new brick. Smooth surface, no discoloration and rounded edges. The little white spots are dust laying on top of the brick. The photo distorts the color into a hue. In real life it's a solid red.

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   Pepijn (pepijn@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 01-Aug-2024 20:32:11 JST Pepijn

   Have you ever wondered how #LEGO degrades when it's buried in a sandy #Danish garden for about 30 years?

   I did. Here's the answer. I took photos with a #microscope (30x magnification) of an old brick (1x2 slope) found in our garden, and a newish brick found on an elfish castle.

   The photos (smartphone camera held above the oculair) answer the question of what it looks like.

   More info in the ALT tags.

   And back to work 🙂

   #plastic #CitizenScience ;-)