Fossil Snail Clusters rockinaboxopal The airship was kept aloft

The airship was kept aloft by 16 gas cell chambers

though their true origin is far older

09" labradorite centerpiece

Their hexagonal patterning allowed these osteoderms to interlock together

NASA disposition paperwork accompanying the tile indicates it was removed after the Space Shuttle Columbia’s 7th mission

Fossil Snail Clusters rockinaboxopal The airship was kept aloftFossils are often the remains of a solitary creature, but sometimes they are dramatic scenes of our entire ecosystem, preserved forever. These mass mortality fossils form when a group of animals is wiped out in a cataclysm, an image of their sudden extinction but also a preservation of how they lived. These specimens are fossil snail clusters, preserving the remains of an Elimia tenera colony, dated to 48 million years ago. Found in the Green River