The Snake in the Dinosaur Bone
Bernardo Cesare
Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Polarized light photomicrograph of a thin section of dinosaur bone collected in Utah, USA.
The image shows a highly porous structure, with pores filled with late chalcedony, and the fossil remnants of the bone tissue, where black dots used to host a single bone cell.
The structure of the bone mimicks a snake ready to bite.
Width of view: 1,9 mm.
Winner in the EGU Photo Competition 2025
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Bernardo Cesare (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
6.0 MB
Aspect
2:3
Width
2000 px
Height
3000 px
Brand
Nikon
Model
D5500
Exposure
1/160 s ISO 400
Software
Apple Photo
Tint
Black
Submitted
31 March 2025
Taken
17 August 2021
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