Stone from Antarctica / 南極の石

3D modeling by photogrammetry using meshroom and blender. 83 iPhoneX's photos were used. This stone was brought into Japan from Antarctica in 1966 by a crew of the Fuji icebreaker ship, after having voyaged for the 7th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition. It was dedicated to Fujisan Hongu Sengen-taisha Shrine. The talisman of Sengen-taisha as the guardian deity of voyage was enshrined in the Fuji's ship shrine Sengen-taisha is the head shrine of about 1,300 Sengen shrines nationwide, and is registered as a World Culture Heritage site as one of the constituent assets of "Mt. Fuji - the object of worship and source of art." It is considered that the strong winds of Antarctica, sometimes reaching speeds of 100m/s, made indentations in the surface of the rock, and the sand grains carried by the winds further cut the indentations, gradually deepening them. 富士山本宮浅間大社に奉られた南極の石。第7次南極観測船「ふじ」の乗組員により採取・奉納された。 「ふじ」の神棚には浅間大社のお札が奉られていた。 時に秒速100mに達するほどの南極の強風により凹みが作られ、風に運ばれた砂粒がさらにその凹みを削りとることで段々と凹みが深くなったと考えられている。