Petrified Lightning - 2.178" Saharan Fulgurite disney the 4th image is shown

the 4th image is shown purely to illustrate where the cut signature came from

Triassic Matrix (c

Over the course of its ten missions

nothing quite compares to the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event

in 1883 Othniel C

Petrified Lightning - 2.178" Saharan Fulgurite disney the 4th image is shownAbove: Front of the Specimen Card. When lightning strikes dry sand, the intense heat melts and fuses the silica creating tubes of rough glass called fulgurites. The process happens quickly, often trapping molecules from the surrounding atmosphere inside the walls of the impact tube. These natural time capsules allow scientists to study the composition of ancient climates. This specimen is a 2. 178" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally