Originally published at: Mystery of bizarre black spheres washed up on beach has been solved - Boing Boing
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Weird that it was a “mystery”. These are pretty common on beaches in California. They can certainly result from oil spills, but they also occur due to natural seepage. Here’s an account of how pre-Columbian people used beach tar as a material for sealing and waterproofing.
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im still a novice when it comes to this sort of thing but cant u run tar zxvf to find out whats inside these tarballs ??
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So it’s just bunker fuel?
I suspect the cleanup tools consist of a shovel and a sieve.
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That only works when the tarballs have been compressed… Omit z otherwise! ;>
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