🔥 The sand at Okinawa Japan contains thousands of tiny stars. These 'grains of sand' are actually exoskeletons of marine protozoa which lived on the ocean floor 550 million yrs ago.

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image showing 🔥 The sand at Okinawa Japan contains thousands of tiny stars. These 'grains of sand' are actually exoskeletons of marine protozoa which lived on the ocean floor 550 million yrs ago.

T-SquaredProductions on December 4th, 2020 at 06:59 UTC »

I thought I was going to be going NOPE, but at least they aren't alive.

spacezombiejesus on December 4th, 2020 at 07:20 UTC »

How come they didn’t breakdown under the pressures of the ocean & natural oxidisation

randomJ23456 on December 4th, 2020 at 07:27 UTC »

Nice!! I had a small bottle from Japan that contained this sand and was always curious how this was possible. Thanks for sharing! 30+ year old mystery solved!!