Isle of Anglesey, Wales

"The beach the sample is from is aside the northern mouth of the Menai Straits at Red Wharf Bay. The Bay has tremendous geological history with loads of fossils hidden in the cliffs." A. Murphy

International Space Station 250mm Photograph Image credit: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov)	ISLE OF ANGLESEY, WALES 53.28N, 4.33W The link is to the Wikipedia page on Anglesey.


ZERO MAGNIFICATION IMAGE	REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM


1X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE = 1MM)	3X MAGNIFICATION (RED LINE = 1MM)

The sample was collected by a Doctoral candidate from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

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