Hindenburg Airship Skin - Card Display fossiljewelry This specimen is a fragment

This specimen is a fragment of an Ankylosaurus dermal plate from the Hell Creek formation in South Dakota

an extinct genus of scyphozoan jellyfish dating to the Late Carboniferous Period (c

and was made by displaying the Thematic Mapper's Band 7 (mid-infrared)

Their iconic body shapes have remain relatively unchanged through hundreds of millions of years

and the surface has been hand polished to enhance the natural structure of the fossil

Hindenburg Airship Skin - Card Display fossiljewelry This specimen is a fragmentOn May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg burst into flames in what should have been a routine landing. The airship was kept aloft by 16 gas cell chambers, which were infamously filled with flammable hydrogen. A spark was all it took for the explosion to begin, ripping through the Hindenburg in a matter of seconds. This specimen is a swatch of canvas fabric from the airship skin of the Hindenburg. The specimen was acquired from one of the largest private