Carbon Film

Real World Example

Imagine you're trying to save an important document, but all you have is a very thin, almost transparent piece of tracing paper to write on. This is similar to how a carbon film fossil is formed, where only a thin layer of carbon outlines the shape of an ancient organism. Just like the tracing paper captures the essential details of your document in a fragile and delicate form, a carbon film fossil preserves the essential details of an organism's shape by leaving behind a thin, carbon outline on a rock, maintaining its memory long after the organism itself has disappeared.