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News Release 09-070
Unusual Antarctic Microbes Live Life on a Previously Unsuspected Edge
That descendents of marine creatures appear to have thrived in cold, darkness and lack of air for a million years has implications for the search for life elsewhere in the solar system
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A cross-section of Blood Falls showing how micorbial communities survive.
Credit: Zina Deretsky / NSF
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Blood Falls at the snout of the Taylor Glacier overlooking Lake Bonney.
Credit: Peter West / NSF
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Detail of Blood Falls with brine run-off (lower left).
Credit: Peter West / NSF
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The researchers' findings are published in the April 17, 2009, issue of Science magazine.
Credit: Copyright 2009 AAAS
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