Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

It's a living paint!

Pic taken from DTE website
wOw!

Can you believe if someone says a paint is living? Interesting isn't it?

I just read this interesting piece on Down-To-Earth magazine. It says Rock paintings found in Western Australia's Bradshaw region show traces of life.

Paleontologist of University of Queensland and his team discovered that the art is resplendent with colorful bacteria and fungi, which constantly  replenish the art's color. So they still look fresh after 40,000 years. 

Read the complete article here