avainblue:nietp:3-inch piece of amber containing the fossilized remains of a baby bird that lived ab
avainblue:nietp:3-inch piece of amber containing the fossilized remains of a baby bird that lived about 99 million years ago. CT scans reveal that it’s the most complete fossil ever found in Burmese amber. Photograph by Ming Bai, Chinese Academy of Science. i love you like amber loves the skeletal dance of a baby bird, tiny wings flung out mid flight, mid panic, so close to the escaping the end of the world if only it were bigger. i love you like 99 million years loves a fossil, enough to keep it beautiful. i love you like time loves the earth- all too much, all consuming, picking away at the bones of something instead of holding its hands. i love you, and i’d trap you in amber if i could. even for a day. even for 99 million years. -- source link
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