Petrified Lightning - 2.178" Saharan Fulgurite disney It would be hard work

It would be hard work

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

It may be some time before we come across more as finds are limited and the fragments are quite small and delicate

Over the course of its ten missions

Petrified Lightning - 2.178" Saharan Fulgurite disney It would be hard workAbove: 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