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From Pilbara

Pilbara and Shark Bay image resources

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Conical stromatolites viewed looking down on the tops of cone-shaped Pilbara stromatolites

A conical stromatolite collected by Australian Centre for Astrobiology PhD student Abby Allwood and taken into space on behalf of the Centre by Australian astronaut Dr Andy Thomas on the Space Shuttle Discovery in the Return to Flight mission of July 2005.

Mickey Mouse Ears, a structure on the side of a conical stromatolite at the Trendall Locality - the name of the structure named after the Disney character because of the likeness.

A cross section view of conical stromatolites on Trendall ridge

Egg carton shaped stromatolites sample collected in the Pilbara region and stored at the Core Library in Perth, Western Australia.

A map showing the stratigraphy of the North Pole Dome in the Pilbara region.

A cross section view of stromatolitic layers on North Shaw ridge.

Biogencity of Strelley Pool Chert stromatolites showing the stratigraphy of the Trendall Locality.

A mineral map of the Shaw River, the Trendall Locality and North Shaw.

A geological map of the Shaw River, the Trendall Locality and North Shaw, the cyan strike across the river marking the stromatolite rich ridge on both sides.

Geology of part of the Marble Bar greenstone belt (From Van Kranendonk and Pirajno, 2004: Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, v. 4, p. 253-278).

Marble Bar Chert, a very fine grained sedimentary rock laid down near Marble Bar 3.4 billion years ago. Dr Roger Summons of MIT takes a rest on the chert during a hot day in the Pilbara in 2005.