These Photos of Dried Whisky Glasses Look Like Alien Worlds

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These Photos of Dried Whisky Glasses Look Like Alien Worlds
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Though they may look like a faraway planet, these remarkable photos are actually of the bottom of a whisky glass.

Photographer Ernie Button has been examining the bottom of his whisky glass for the past 15 years in a project he calls. “After enjoying a dram of Scotch whisky the night before, the glasses were left out on the table overnight. When I collected them in the morning to put them in the dishwasher, I noticed something in the bottom of the glass and when I held it up to the light, I noticed these fine lines in the glass.

“Some were a cooler blue and others were a warmer yellow and when I would mix them in the setup, it would heighten the visual impact of the image.” “So nearly all whiskies work for this project. But I’ve found that different types of barrels help to create different patterns. A whisky that is aged in a bourbon barrel will produce fine/thin repetitive lines whereas a sherry cask will provide thicker repetitive lines.

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