OMG THATS SO COOL!!!
DOWN A RABBIT HOLE I GO!
Comment on Discussion Thread 🐞 Sunday 25 May 2025
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 15 hours agoThose are thrombolites! Ancient bacterial (?) colonies that are still alive, they turn the air and stuff into calcium deposits
StudChud@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
sqgl@beehaw.org 3 hours ago
From the rabbit hole…
Both structures are created by cyanobacteria.
The name “cyanobacteria” (from Ancient Greek κύανος (kúanos) ‘blue’) refers to their bluish green (cyan) color,[5][6] which forms the basis of cyanobacteria’s informal common name, blue-green algae.[7][8][9][note 2]
Common blue-green algae has magic properties!
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
Stromatolites? Yeah, relics of the first life on earth. Or are thrombolites different from stromatolites? Never heard of thrombolites.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombolite
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
TIL