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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 | [[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 == | ||
<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: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. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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* [[Comer's Midden Monster]] - attracted to aroma of sulfur. | * [[Comer's Midden Monster]] - attracted to aroma of sulfur. | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[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)]] | * [[Project Oilsand (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Sulfur (nonfiction)|Sulfur]] - (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:Buildings (nonfiction)]] | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 6 February 2020
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.
Fiction cross-reference
- Comer's Midden Monster - attracted to aroma of sulfur.
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- 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 - (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