-- June 2002 --

I've studied and photographed amber and its inclusions for years and produced an interactive program on the natural history of amber in Macromedia Director for CD-ROM. Though the program was essentially completed, has been presented, and has garnered great interest and enthusiasm (including from some major league multimedia producers), the harsh realities of mass production and marketing ultimately prevented its widespread distribution. I'm nonetheless gratified to have produced it, and can at least share with you here (albeit, without interactivity, sounds, movies, etc) some of the images that are or would have been included in the amber program.

Questions or comments? Contact me at info@3dotstudio.com

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  Enhydros -- liquid-filled gas bubbles   a 25 million year-old fly in Dominican amber
  a fossil barklouse (image map)   Neotropical ant (Zacryptocerus sp)
  ancient seeds entombed in Baltic amber larva of hover (syrphid) fly
  Carved amber Mesolithic hunting amulets   Chinese amber necklace Buddha figure
  artificial sunspangle inclusions in amber   minute mite in baltic amber
The spider and the fly  
an incredible(!) mammalian inclusion discovered in Mexican amber
  fossil millipede in Dominican amber   lizard recently discovered in Baltic amber
  mammalian molars in Baltic amber   bleached fly in Baltic amber
  Neuropteran wing composition   parasitic wasp in Dominican amber
  termites in amber  
ancient bacteria, trapped in amber for over 20 million years, are revived -- perhaps
mating flies preserved in amber
top and bottom view of small beetle in Dominican amber
termite enwrapped in fungus solpugid; a unique inclusion
large scorpion in Dominican amber
a tiny golden grasshopper within Baltic amber
an oak flower in amber
a tiny mimosa blossom in Dominican amber
small golden parasitic wasp
Baltic amber bead containing ancient fly inclusion
"UFO's" (Unidentified Fossilized Objects) in amber
20-25 million year old undentified flower bud in Dominican amber
the substructure of ancient leaves in amber large amber bead
2 small ancient beetles in amber


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