Pikes Peak Pebble Pups

Pikes Peak Pebble Pups

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Earth science haiku

Stromatolite Haiku
by Nate Blume

Earth's oxygen source
From tiny stromatolites 
Early forms of life

Credit: U.S. Geological Survey
Department of the Interior/USGS
U.S. Geological Survey/photo by  Beatriz Ribeiro da Luz
Title: Dawn of Life
Description: 3.5 billion years old stromatolites. Location: Marble Bar, WA, Australia

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About the author:
Nate Blume
Colorado Springs, CO
age 10
5th grade at Rocky Mountain Classical Academy 


Editor’s note: stromatolites are fossils of early life on Earth. They can be found in the Pikes Peak Region.


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