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I find it extraordinary that we share this continent with what is probably the oldest existing evidence of life ever found: stromatolites.

Ancient stromatolites, though, are known to reach 20 feet in height and used various minerals to reach that size. The Atacama lagoon is reminiscent of those ancient examples.