Stromatolites in the Nevada Desert

Image of rounded rocks called stromatolites
May 6, 2020
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech
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Made from fossilized microbes and sediment, these rounded rocks are stromatolites that were found in a dry lakebed during the field exercise. Scientists hope to find something similar in the dry lakebed Perseverance will be exploring on Mars.