OT: Ever wonder what's REALLY in that sand on the beach?

[BoomerD]

Each Grain of Sand a Tiny Work of Art | Earth Science | DISCOVER Magazine

There are some pretty cool pics in there, and some of the other galleries are nice as well.

 

[Dentoid]

Re: Ever wonder what's REALLY in that sand on the beach?

Awesome!

 

[Stacef]

wow!

 

[Origami2547]

Cool! I've seen star-sand before. In fact, I have several small bottles of it here from my last trip to Okinawa (which, by the way is where I took the picture used in my avatar).

 

[kathywithbirds]

WOW I LOCE that!!!

 

[rlcline76]

Neat-o

 

[Octoman]

I look through thousands of grains of sand every day in the lab. Foraminifera , like the little puffy white star, are what I am doing my research on. It's really amazing some of the stuff you see in the grains under the scope, I never thought a little glob of dirt could be so pretty!

 

[rlcline76]

I'll send you some of our sand. I bet scary things are in there.

 

[kathywithbirds]

Yeah I"m wondering what Jersey sand would look like. I'm afraid it might bite you.

 

[BarbMazz]

Us human animals think we're all that. That sand is much prettier than any of us are! :grind:

Makes me think that I really can't take any thing for granted. Beauty is in the very smallest things if only we take the time to look.

 

[dfurbee]

WOW! That is awesome. Makes one want to slow down and take more time to really see things.

 

[nikkipigtails]

that's really cool!