Petrified Lightning - 1.751" Saharan Fulgurite outer space the Hollywood Sign has watched

the Hollywood Sign has watched over Los Angeles from Mount Lee

Merycoidodon grew to be around 4-5 feet long and walked the plains on short

With its striking orange coloring and limestone-like properties

fragments can vary in shape

this bracelet includes real fragments from the Asteroid Belt

Petrified Lightning - 1.751" Saharan Fulgurite outer space the Hollywood Sign has watchedAbove: 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 1. 751" fulgurite collected in the Sahara Desert. Originally