Practicing On Earth How To Find Life Elsewhere
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Field Reports: Lake Untersee, Antarctica (Gigapixel panorama)
“Those early ecosystems resulted in the formation of luxuriant microbial mats with a variety of morphologies which are seen today in the stromatolitic fossil record scattered around the globe. Until recently, there have been no reports of modern microorganisms forming such structures, but in 2008 our research team discovered large conical stromatolites forming beneath the thick perennial ice of Lake Untersee in Antarctica.”
Keith’s note: SCUBA diving with robots under the antarctic ice in search of life. Good practice for looking for life’s signs on Mars, Europa, Enceladus …