Visual identification amusement

[drwex]

Several images under the cut. The question: What are these?







Put your guess in the comments. I'll post the answer and source later.

ETA: Well, that was fast. coraline got it as the third guesser. Answer and link in comments in my reply to her.

Comments

[mizarchivist]

looks like clay to me.

[sandhawke.livejournal.com]

They seem like cross-sections of tubes of some kind of decorative substance (eg paint, caulking). But that's not quite right, because the skin is different, and I can't think of anything that would have this variety of textures and colors. Plus the concentric circles seems... unlikely.

[coraline]

cross-sections of sportsballs.

[drwex]

A winner is you!

Did you know the answer or were you able to envision it from the images?

[coraline]

a combination -- i looked at the first two and said "that's rubber. or some similar polymer." and then the last one looked enough like the baseball cross-sections i've seen to ping the connection.

[drwex]

Excellent. Well, you are a natural, given the work you do and your visual acuity.

They are golf balls, source here: http://www.junk-culture.com/2013/07/photographs-of-golf-balls-sliced-in.html#more

[mizarchivist]

My clay notion is a polymer clay notion, but... now that it's said, it's obvious. Neat!

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I was thinking "sliced open balls" too. :)

[drwex]

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