To piss or not to piss, that is the question.

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megadread Jun 4, 2010 17:54:41
Replying to Paulus

Paulus wrote:
Branwen wrote:
Yeah... but the question was about deliberately pissing on rockart for the sake of a good photo... not whether they need protecting or studying after animals that piss on them.
aaaahhhhh.....forgive me!
A little misleading there, what i was suggesting is that if i happened upon something that may be a piece of unrecorded rock art would it be acceptable to piss on it to highlight if for a pic, not a good photo as such, just to try to bring out any features that might not be immediately visible, i wouldn't piss on a known piece as there's no point.

B Branwen
Branwen Jun 4, 2010 18:15:01
Replying to megadread

I'm not making a moralistic judgement, its like asking if medical testing is okay or not, its a case by case kind of thing. I just thought the dissolving aspect hadn't come up at all. If it's known to be badly corrosive, and the stone something needing pointed out for posterity, a bad pic and a planned return trip might be better.

I do wonder now if pictures with gorgeous golden toned highlights might be rockart I'd want to avoid touching now though.... :-/

R Rockrich
Rockrich Jun 4, 2010 19:49:16
Replying to megadread

megadread wrote:
A little misleading there, what i was suggesting is that if i happened upon something that may be a piece of unrecorded rock art would it be acceptable to piss on it to highlight if for a pic, not a good photo as such, just to try to bring out any features that might not be immediately visible, i wouldn't piss on a known piece as there's no point.
remind me never to feel the profile of cups you've found, especially before tucking into sarnies ;-)