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Pilbara, NW Australia
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Pilbara, NW Australia

 (JPG) Pilbara, NW Australia (2,915,941 bytes) ( 3,365 x 3,681 )
The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth, over 3.6 billion years old. The iron-rich rocks formed before the presence of atmospheric oxygen, and life itself. Found upon these rocks are 3.45 billion-year-old fossil stromatolites, colonies of microbial cyanobacteria. The image is a composite of ASTER bands 4-2-1 displayed in RGB. The image was acquired October 12, 2004, covers an area of 49.1 by 55.2 km, and is located at 22.8 degrees south, 117.6 degrees east.

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Pilbara, NW Australia Pilbara, NW Australia
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NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems,
and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

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