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[[File: | [[File:Alberta_sulfur_pyramids.jpg|250px|thumb|Alberta sulfur pyramids. (Photo by Jason Woodhead.)]]The '''Alberta sulfur pyramids''' are a group of three large pyramidal structures composed primarily of [[Sulfur (nonfiction)|sulfur]]. | ||
The sulfur is produced as a | The pyramids are located in Alberta, Canada. | ||
The sulfur is produced as a byproduct of petroleum extraction and processing by Canadian oil company Syncrude. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
File:SOEP attack bird Halobaena caerulea.jpg|link=Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|[[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|SOEP]] planning first strike on Alberta sulfur pyramids, warn oil analysts. | |||
File:Pyramid of the Sun.jpg|link=Pyramid of the Sun|'''''[[Pyramid of the Sun]]''''' is "unsuitable for usse as waste disposal site," according to latest report from Pharaoh's Committee on Pyramids. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* [[Comer's Midden Monster]] - attracted to aroma of sulfur. | * [[Comer's Midden Monster]] - attracted to aroma of sulfur. | ||
* [[Crimes against chemical constants]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* ''[[Pyramid of the Sun]]'' | |||
* [[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels]] - an interspecies organization of 13 [[stomach oil (nonfiction)]]-exporting varieties of [[petrel (nonfiction)]]. | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Petroleum (nonfiction)]] | * [[Petroleum (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Project Oilsand (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Sulfur (nonfiction)]] - (in British English, sulphur) a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent, and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature. | |||
External links | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_oil_sands Athabasca oil sands] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_oil_sands Athabasca oil sands] @ Wikipedia | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2016/07/05/the-great-sulphur-pyramids-of.html Great Sulfur Pyramids] @ Boing Boing | |||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Buildings (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Canada (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Pyramids (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Structures (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Structures (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Sulfur (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Crimes against chemical constants]] | |||
Latest revision as of 02:26, 11 August 2021
The Alberta sulfur pyramids are a group of three large pyramidal structures composed primarily of sulfur.
The pyramids are located in Alberta, Canada.
The sulfur is produced as a byproduct of petroleum extraction and processing by Canadian oil company Syncrude.
In the News
SOEP planning first strike on Alberta sulfur pyramids, warn oil analysts.
Pyramid of the Sun is "unsuitable for usse as waste disposal site," according to latest report from Pharaoh's Committee on Pyramids.
Fiction cross-reference
- Comer's Midden Monster - attracted to aroma of sulfur.
- Crimes against chemical constants
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Pyramid of the Sun
- Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels - an interspecies organization of 13 stomach oil (nonfiction)-exporting varieties of petrel (nonfiction).
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Petroleum (nonfiction)
- Project Oilsand (nonfiction)
- Sulfur (nonfiction) - (in British English, sulphur) a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent, and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula S8. Elemental sulfur is a bright yellow, crystalline solid at room temperature.
External links
- Athabasca oil sands @ Wikipedia
- Great Sulfur Pyramids @ Boing Boing