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Banded sedimentary rocks in the Willwood formation in Wyoming were sampled to look into the past.
Credit: Scott Wing
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A rainbow appears over an NSF-funded geologic research drilling site in Wyoming's Bighorn Basin.
Credit: Elisabeth Denis
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Sediment cores were drilled in Bighorn Basin, then sectioned for further study.
Credit: Bianca Maibauer
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Geochemist Gabe Bowen works on a Bighorn Basin sediment core in the lab.
Credit: Gabe Bowen
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Carbonate or limestone in the sediment cores revealed the amount of carbon stored long ago.
Credit: Bianca Maibauer
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Paleobiologist Scott Wing holds a core sample drilled from the Willwood formation.
Credit: William Clyde
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