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Bizarre moment air bubbles float around inside 20 MILLION-year-old amber fossil
• https://www.dailymail.co, By SOPHIE TANNOThe fossil was discovered in the Dominican Republic and is thought to be 20-30 million years old, experts say.
It is extremely rare to see fossils with air bubbles inside them, since there first must be water in the fossil, a phenomenon known as enhydro. The air bubble is then trapped in the water pocket.
Amber is made of hardened tree resin and normally encases and immortalises forest-dwelling creatures.
The Twitter account 'Fossil Locator' posted the fascinating video of the air bubbles flowing through the fossil.
'Enhydro (water inclusion) with a moving air bubble in amber from the Dominican Republic, 20-30 million years old, with plenty of insect fossils,' they wrote alongside the video.
Amber is fossilized tree resin and its known for its striking orange colour.