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Week #5 - Anatomy of a Failed Experiment
Week #5 - Anatomy of a Failed Experiment
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Collection: 2010 - PAW
Camera: Olympus E-520
Lens: Olympus 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
Date: Jan 31, 2010
ISO: 1600
Date Uploaded: Feb 5, 2010

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Comments: 15
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 I like to buy projects for kids because usually I'm not creative enough to come up with ideas on my own. So for Christmas this year, we bought the boys two things: a rock painting project and this volcano. The rock painting was a bust. So much for art.

But this was even worse lol. The manufacturers took a simple project and made it into a complicated mess. And it didn't even work that well. The kids made this sand mold around a plastic cone. Then they had to put in this tube that wasn't made to foster a good reaction between the baking soda and the citric acid. So the white peak at the top is not fake snow. Just a failed mess.

And then, I messed up the color of the lava. I only had gel dye and ended up creating a lovely shade of putrid green. So in essence, the kids ended up making a vomiting volcano.

Lovely...

Part of my 365 days at ISO 1600 project at Flickr.

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 05/03/2010 08:16:16 PM
Great compliation. I love his differing faces.
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 03/30/2010 09:31:50 PM
Well, it may have failed but I bet they still had fun.
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 03/06/2010 09:52:07 AM
Could be worse, it could have worked *really* well and exploded all over your kitchen!!!! Great collage of shots, though!
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 02/28/2010 02:38:00 AM
I just find this hilarious, not because it happened to you, but because it could (and does) happen to all of us.
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 02/16/2010 01:01:22 AM
I think Bobby Brady can help them finish the volcano if needed...
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 02/15/2010 09:28:52 PM
Very entertaining photo story! Hope that you at least had a good laugh about the experiment!
As a fellow "noise sufferer" I just wanted to say that these pictures do look very good!
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 02/09/2010 05:29:22 AM
a great series to look back on and will always be a good talking point.
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 02/08/2010 05:53:43 PM
"Every picture tells a story" (Rod Stewart)and this series does so in an excellent fashion. Not only nice but fun. I especially like the differing emotions you caught in the lower two images.
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 02/07/2010 07:26:57 AM
This is fabulous. Love the way you've given us the whole story - memorable.
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 02/06/2010 08:47:55 PM
oh how perfect is this = the expressions, the story - I think every parent (believe it or not) has helped their kid with this project and MOST of them fail. But that's like, right. YOU - You have the picture to remember the story. Wonderful!
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 02/06/2010 04:51:10 PM
hilliarious his expression bottom right says so much :)
you did so well having a steady hand while laughing
and at 1600 wow incredible sharp images all of them
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 02/06/2010 04:25:33 PM
Funny story, nice shots of yourson's varying expressions. The little image on the left looks a lot like a bird was involved, lol.
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 02/06/2010 02:02:35 PM
OK, that story cracked me up Michelle.
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 02/06/2010 04:00:10 AM
i think it was fun, the images tell the story quite well!
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 02/06/2010 03:24:32 AM
oh dear! But i like the way the image tells the story.
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