This is the original color of the Statue of Liberty gifted to the United States by France. It's very different from the way it looks today. Describe why it has
changed and possible causes.?

The Statue of Liberty represents Libertas, the Roman Goddess of Liberty. She is holding a torch and a tablet with the date of the US Declaration of Independence. She is dressed in a robe, wears a crown, and has a broken chain at her feet. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States. It was designed by the sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel in 1886. The US designed and paid for the granite and concrete foundation .Over the next three decades, the statue slowly began to change color. Currently, the Statue of Liberty is green in color. How did this happen? The air and water reacted with the copper metal and resulted in oxidation. This oxidation created a layer of patina, a copper carbonate. This does not harm the statue and actually helps to protect the copper sheets below.

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