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Stromatolites in the Nevada Desert

Made from fossilized microbes and sediment, these rounded rocks are stromatolites that were found in a dry lakebed during the Mars 2020 field exercise.
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Credits: NASA/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.

For more information about the mission, go to https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/.