스미소니언 자연사박물관의 스트로마톨라이트 사진입니다.
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Intertidal Stromatolites in Shark Bay, Australia
A cross-section of these stromatolites reveals characteristic banding, while a scanning election micrograph shows cyanobacteria trapping the sediment that forms stromatolites.
Mary Parriah/ Smithsonian Institution
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Stromatolite
MODERN
SHARK BAY, AUSTRALIA
This calcium carbonate structure from Shark Bay, Australia, forms when mats of microbes grow in undisturbed warm, shallow waters.
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Stromatolite
LATE MESOPROTEROZOIC
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA
Ancient stromatolites (sedimentary fossils) were widespread because their habitat was undisturbed by predators.












