Hindenburg Airship Skin - Card Display fossiljewelry ² (142 g/m²)

² (142 g/m²)

this structure is also the work of many thousands of men

and was made by displaying the Thematic Mapper's Band 7 (mid-infrared)

and the surface has been hand polished to enhance the natural structure of the fossil

Hindenburg Airship Skin - Card Display fossiljewelry ² (142 g/m²)On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg burst into flames in what should have been a routine landing. The airship was kept aloft by 16 gas cell chambers, which were infamously filled with flammable hydrogen. A spark was all it took for the explosion to begin, ripping through the Hindenburg in a matter of seconds. This specimen is a swatch of canvas fabric from the airship skin of the Hindenburg. The specimen was acquired from one of the largest private