Ajirojima
Ajirojima-Hishiro district, Tsukumi city
Ajirojima, an island where fragments of shooting stars 2 million years ago-cosmic dust-were found.
Why don't you think about the ancient times and the endless universe?
Geology and strata of Ajirojima
The chart seen on Ajirojima was created in the "Triassic" about 250 to 200 million years ago, immediately after the largest mass extinction of living things in the history of the earth. It's an era.
As you cross the sandy road, the surrounding rocks change from black, green, purple to red.It is said to be a record of the history of the earth from the time when many creatures were extinct due to the environment with low oxygen to the time when the environment was restored.
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