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Numerous Martian Microbes Bored Holes in Ooids.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 0:49
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Microbes on Earth often bore holes in ooids (Notes 1, 2). Microbes on Mars did the same thing in this photo:
Most particles in the above images are ooids (Note 3). In the red circles are Martian ooids with holes that have been bored by Martian microbes. Highest resolution:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/24749890260/sizes/o/ , which is 400% of source image: mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1182MH00036500104…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fossil_lin/24749890260/sizes/o/ , which is 400% of source image: mars.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=1182MH00036500104…
Note 1: “Examination of such micritic ooids by scanning electron microscopy often shows evidence of microbial borings later filled by fine cement.” Quoted from the last sentence in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooid#Growth_mode
Note 2: Examples of holes bored by microbes on Earth are visible at center of this figure:
Note 3: Evidenced in wretchfossil.blogspot.tw/2015/12/martian-ooids-found-on-s…
