Wednesday, June 18, 2014

The sand in Okinawa is made up of tiny stars

The "stars" are the exoskeletons of foraminifers, a marine protozoa that once lived on the ocean floor and has washed up, most famously on Hoshizuna Beach in Okinawa, Japan. Some biologists suggest some of the fossils could be as old as 550 million years old! via Scribol


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  1. If I ever go to japan, I am going to bring some of that sand back with me

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