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[[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 structure composed primarily of sulfur located in Alberta, Canada.
[[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 pyramids are located in Alberta, Canada.


The sulfur is produced as a byproduct of petroleum extraction and processing by Canadian oil company Syncrude.
The sulfur is produced as a byproduct of petroleum extraction and processing by Canadian oil company Syncrude.
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== In the News ==
== In the News ==


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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: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.
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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)]].
* [[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels]] -  an interspecies organization of 13 [[stomach oil (nonfiction)]]-exporting varieties of [[petrel (nonfiction)]].


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* [[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


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[[Category:Crimes against chemical constants]]
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Latest revision as of 02:26, 11 August 2021

Alberta sulfur pyramids. (Photo by Jason Woodhead.)

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

Fiction cross-reference

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