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Santa Cruz Biotechnology on X: "What lighting does to sand. Fulgurite: natural hollow glass tubes formed sand, silica, or soil by lightning strikes. http://t.co/X4a4W1eyTu" / X
Manhattan Project National Historical Park - Fulgurites are also known as fossilized lightning. In reality, a lightning strike melts the sand and then fuses it. This fulgarite is in the dune field
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☀Metalert Ireland☀ on X: "A "Fulgarite" the product of lightning hitting sand. Basically superheated sand turning into a form of glass. #jazus https://t.co/cYspa12T7n" / X
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