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tiny stars

12/20/2014

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The sand in Okinawa, Japan, is made up of tiny stars!
These “stars” are exoskeletons of marine protozoans that lived on the ocean floor up to 550 million years ago and have washed up, most famously, on Okinawa’s Hoshizuna Beach.
Source:  AsapSCIENCE


La arena en Okinawa, Japón, se compone de 
pequeñas estrellas!
Estas "estrellas" son exoesqueletos de  
protozoarios marinos que vivían en el fondo 
oceánico hace 550 millones años, encontrados en la famosa playa de Hoshizuna en Okinawa.
Fuente:  AsapSCIENCE
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