File:Pilbara, NW Australia (ASTER).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionPilbara, NW Australia (ASTER).jpg |
English: 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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Date | Taken on 12 October 2004 | ||
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Pilbara, NW Australia (direct link)
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Author | NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team |
Object location | 22° 48′ 00″ S, 117° 36′ 00″ E | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | -22.800000; 117.600000 |
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This media is a product of the Terra mission Credit and attribution belongs to the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) team, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems |
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