You may think this is a handful of seashells or barnacles. Or perhaps some sea-glass you find while slowly walking down the beach.

But it’s not.

It’s actually sand. Sand that’s been magnified 250x using a microscope. Thanks to the fine folks over at ‘I @#%ing Love Science‘ for cluing me into this incredible find. Definitely some worth using in any presentation or icebreaker.

Just throw up this image on a projector and say ‘what is this?’ You’ll likely get a myriad of answers. None of which will likely be correct.

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