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GNN is not beyond taking a moment to admire the majesty of nature, regardless of form, or in this case, size.
If you went to one of the beaches of the Ryukyu Islands of Japan—take Okinawa for example, and picked up a grain of sand and held it under a magnifying glass, you might notice something amazing—it would have a star shape.
Japan has one of the world’s highest concentrations of star sand beaches on Earth. Sand is made up of ground stone and coral that’s been reduced to grains over many years, but star sand was once actually a living organism.
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This Isn't Pasta–It's Star-Shaped Sand Found in Japan With A Huge Secret Hidden Inside
Japan has one of the world's highest concentrations of star sand beaches on Earth. Sand is made up of ground stone and coral, but this one is actually a lifeform.
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