Minerals or Microbe Poop?

Photo: Colorful microbe deposits seen on a lava rock-wall.

The correct answer is microbe poop! Scientists thought that the colorful deposits (like the ones in the picture above) found in lava tubes were minerals, but as it turns out, they're really droppings from microbes living in the tubes. Gross?…

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