10,000 coins endanger Ireland's famous rocks
Ten thousand coins that were stuffed into the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland have been removed after approximately 200 hours of work. Tourists had been placing coins in the cracks in an attempt to attract good luck or find love, which was leading to the erosion of the rocks and deterioration of the basalt formations, as 95% of the coins were in British pounds and euros, while the rest suffered from corrosion or bending. Despite environmental risks, visitors continue to insert coins. Experts warned that metal corrosion inside the cracks contributes to the disintegration of the rocks—more than 40,000 basalt columns that formed over 60 million years ago.
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