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Limestone microfossils. A 30 µm-thick slice of fossil-rich limestone viewed at high magnification. Packed with foraminifera and bryozoans (both microscopic aquatic organisms), these tiny shells and tests rained down to form a sediment on the sea floor of the shallow, tropical ocean that once ebbed and flowed over this very spot approximately 330 million years ago. Aldwark, Derbyshire, UK. 3mm across, x33 magnification when printed at 10cm across.

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Limestone microfossils. A 30 µm-thick slice of fossil-rich limestone viewed at high magnification. Packed with foraminifera and bryozoans (both microscopic aquatic organisms), these tiny shells and tests rained down to form a sediment on the sea floor of the shallow, tropical ocean that once ebbed and flowed over this very spot approximately 330 million years ago. Aldwark, Derbyshire, UK. 3mm across, x33 magnification when printed at 10cm across.