As you guys may know from earlier posts I went to New York City earlier in the summer...We went to see the statue of liberty, there were lots of information plaques on the island about how tall the statue is and what it represents but one that really caught my eye is : Why is the Statue of Liberty green?
The Statue of Liberty is coated with a thin layer of copper, which turns a blue-green with age due to chemical reactions between metal and water. This process is known as patination and occurs with most copper when it's placed outside, the true color of the Statue of Liberty before patination was a shiny reddish brown color...And that's why the Statue of Liberty is Green :p
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