The bridge to the world’s oldest living creatures….
#bridge #westernaustralia #hiking #photography #EastCoastKin #thrombolites
#bridge #westernaustralia #hiking #photography #EastCoastKin #thrombolites
May 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The bridge to the world’s oldest living creatures….
#bridge #westernaustralia #hiking #photography #EastCoastKin #thrombolites
#bridge #westernaustralia #hiking #photography #EastCoastKin #thrombolites
Very excited to visit Flowers Cove in Newfoundland, famous for its Thrombolites, fossils of organisms more than 650 million years old. Incredibly rare, with these large examples only here or in Western Australia. Created when microorganisms photosynthesised their food #thrombolite #flowerscove
August 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Very excited to visit Flowers Cove in Newfoundland, famous for its Thrombolites, fossils of organisms more than 650 million years old. Incredibly rare, with these large examples only here or in Western Australia. Created when microorganisms photosynthesised their food #thrombolite #flowerscove
This is what things look like uo close. Thrombolites!
April 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This is what things look like uo close. Thrombolites!
These thrombolites in the Upper Cambrian Petit Jardin Formation are worth the stop if you find yourself in western Newfoundland.
November 25, 2024 at 9:47 PM
These thrombolites in the Upper Cambrian Petit Jardin Formation are worth the stop if you find yourself in western Newfoundland.
I just met one of my very first cousins!! Three cheers for Cyanobacteria!! #thrombolites #PrimodialSoup #WildOz en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombo...
Thrombolite - Wikipedia
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February 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I just met one of my very first cousins!! Three cheers for Cyanobacteria!! #thrombolites #PrimodialSoup #WildOz en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombo...
#scape #EastCoastKin Friday is scape day. a windy day at Lake Clifton. It felt like the wind gave some texture to the water. Lake Clifton is a couple of hours south of Perth, WA and is famous for its thrombolites
June 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
#scape #EastCoastKin Friday is scape day. a windy day at Lake Clifton. It felt like the wind gave some texture to the water. Lake Clifton is a couple of hours south of Perth, WA and is famous for its thrombolites
Back to the Late Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic when the ancient Iapetus Ocean existed. Photosynthetic microbes flourished and developed into the thrombolites preserved in Flower's Cove, western Newfoundland.
📸Simone Booker
#IGC2028Canada #NewfoundlandandLabrador
📸Simone Booker
#IGC2028Canada #NewfoundlandandLabrador
January 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Back to the Late Neoproterozoic to Early Paleozoic when the ancient Iapetus Ocean existed. Photosynthetic microbes flourished and developed into the thrombolites preserved in Flower's Cove, western Newfoundland.
📸Simone Booker
#IGC2028Canada #NewfoundlandandLabrador
📸Simone Booker
#IGC2028Canada #NewfoundlandandLabrador
Thrombolites - a type of stromatolites - growing in the lake waters in Western Australia. These non-laminated blue green algae mats are thriving on brackish to fresh water. Quite amazing.
November 30, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Thrombolites - a type of stromatolites - growing in the lake waters in Western Australia. These non-laminated blue green algae mats are thriving on brackish to fresh water. Quite amazing.
Les thrombolites de Flower's Cove (Terre-Neuve, Canada)
– Les thrombolites, des structures liées à l’activité de micro-organismes mais non laminées, ce qui les différencient des stromatolites
– par Vincent Langlois #géologie #teamSVT
planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/ressource/Im...
– Les thrombolites, des structures liées à l’activité de micro-organismes mais non laminées, ce qui les différencient des stromatolites
– par Vincent Langlois #géologie #teamSVT
planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/ressource/Im...
May 11, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Les thrombolites de Flower's Cove (Terre-Neuve, Canada)
– Les thrombolites, des structures liées à l’activité de micro-organismes mais non laminées, ce qui les différencient des stromatolites
– par Vincent Langlois #géologie #teamSVT
planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/ressource/Im...
– Les thrombolites, des structures liées à l’activité de micro-organismes mais non laminées, ce qui les différencient des stromatolites
– par Vincent Langlois #géologie #teamSVT
planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/ressource/Im...
currently the GSWA is only refering to thrombolites in Lake Thetis storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/41c0...
your guide was probably refering to the consensus at the time of your trip
your guide was probably refering to the consensus at the time of your trip
Nambung National Park
The Pinnacles Desert, Lake Thetis thrombolites, Jurien Bay Marine Park and more...
storymaps.arcgis.com
March 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
currently the GSWA is only refering to thrombolites in Lake Thetis storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/41c0...
your guide was probably refering to the consensus at the time of your trip
your guide was probably refering to the consensus at the time of your trip
I should not have has a glass of Riesling with lunch, they are thrombolites not oncolites ate Lakes Thetis and Clifton
March 14, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I should not have has a glass of Riesling with lunch, they are thrombolites not oncolites ate Lakes Thetis and Clifton
About an hour south of Perth (near Mandurah) is Lake Clifton with thrombolites (a Threatened Ecological Community). Easy day trip. Can a walk around the lake in bushland at Yalgorup NP at Martins Tank campsite.
Lake Thetis is long day trip or stay at Cervantes. Wider area was badly burnt Dec 2024.
Lake Thetis is long day trip or stay at Cervantes. Wider area was badly burnt Dec 2024.
March 14, 2026 at 3:41 AM
About an hour south of Perth (near Mandurah) is Lake Clifton with thrombolites (a Threatened Ecological Community). Easy day trip. Can a walk around the lake in bushland at Yalgorup NP at Martins Tank campsite.
Lake Thetis is long day trip or stay at Cervantes. Wider area was badly burnt Dec 2024.
Lake Thetis is long day trip or stay at Cervantes. Wider area was badly burnt Dec 2024.
So what’s the consensus ruling on Lake Thetis? Was my geologist guide wrong that stromatolites are present there? Or is it just that there are also thrombolites?
March 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
So what’s the consensus ruling on Lake Thetis? Was my geologist guide wrong that stromatolites are present there? Or is it just that there are also thrombolites?
Yesterday we saw Thrombolites. They’re the remains of some of the earliest known forms of life on Earth.
July 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Yesterday we saw Thrombolites. They’re the remains of some of the earliest known forms of life on Earth.
Thrombolites in Western Australia
March 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Thrombolites in Western Australia
There are lacustrine thrombolites closer to home, if the flight to Perth seems a bit much. I used to take students out to Dead Man's Point at Green Lakes State Park, outside Syracuse NY.
Ironically, I recognized the beach faintly when I went to check it out. Took family trips there as a toddler!
Ironically, I recognized the beach faintly when I went to check it out. Took family trips there as a toddler!
Green Lake (New York) - Wikipedia
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March 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
There are lacustrine thrombolites closer to home, if the flight to Perth seems a bit much. I used to take students out to Dead Man's Point at Green Lakes State Park, outside Syracuse NY.
Ironically, I recognized the beach faintly when I went to check it out. Took family trips there as a toddler!
Ironically, I recognized the beach faintly when I went to check it out. Took family trips there as a toddler!
𝐖𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬!
Ramsar Site 482 is home to ancient Lake Clifton thrombolites & rare claypan wetlands - unique, fragile habitats shaped by time. These living fossils & seasonal wonders are a glimpse into Earth's past. Follow #COP15 updates: www.facebook.com/wetlandscop15
@ramsar.org
Ramsar Site 482 is home to ancient Lake Clifton thrombolites & rare claypan wetlands - unique, fragile habitats shaped by time. These living fossils & seasonal wonders are a glimpse into Earth's past. Follow #COP15 updates: www.facebook.com/wetlandscop15
@ramsar.org
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
𝐖𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬!
Ramsar Site 482 is home to ancient Lake Clifton thrombolites & rare claypan wetlands - unique, fragile habitats shaped by time. These living fossils & seasonal wonders are a glimpse into Earth's past. Follow #COP15 updates: www.facebook.com/wetlandscop15
@ramsar.org
Ramsar Site 482 is home to ancient Lake Clifton thrombolites & rare claypan wetlands - unique, fragile habitats shaped by time. These living fossils & seasonal wonders are a glimpse into Earth's past. Follow #COP15 updates: www.facebook.com/wetlandscop15
@ramsar.org
We walked out in the lashing rain on a 6c Newfoundland summer’s day to check out some Thrombolites and have lived to tell the tale. 🌧️
June 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
We walked out in the lashing rain on a 6c Newfoundland summer’s day to check out some Thrombolites and have lived to tell the tale. 🌧️
So stromatolites form continuous layers on the seafloor and grow upwards. They can be mounded, columnar, even conical depending on the strength of waves/currents and the rate of sediment input. Thrombolites are like stromatolites but with an irregular, clotted texture instead of distinct layers.
March 14, 2026 at 2:48 PM
So stromatolites form continuous layers on the seafloor and grow upwards. They can be mounded, columnar, even conical depending on the strength of waves/currents and the rate of sediment input. Thrombolites are like stromatolites but with an irregular, clotted texture instead of distinct layers.
Lake Clifton Mandurah, W.A: largest reef of living thrombolites in S. Hemisphere, rare living fossils. Rock-like formations in the photo are microscopic organisms 2,000 yrs old, among 1st creatures producing oxygen, making life possible. Their ancestors predate man, dinosaurs and plants.
February 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Lake Clifton Mandurah, W.A: largest reef of living thrombolites in S. Hemisphere, rare living fossils. Rock-like formations in the photo are microscopic organisms 2,000 yrs old, among 1st creatures producing oxygen, making life possible. Their ancestors predate man, dinosaurs and plants.
Lake Clifton Thrombolites - sadly not
Low tide but impressive still
Low tide but impressive still
December 18, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Lake Clifton Thrombolites - sadly not
Low tide but impressive still
Low tide but impressive still
Well, there are living thrombolites over in Green Lake near Syracuse ...
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Well, there are living thrombolites over in Green Lake near Syracuse ...
I can speak to that. Stromatolites are the finely layered structures, thrombolites are not layered. See figure 1 here
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Global Distribution of Modern Microbialites: Not So Uncommon After All
PDF | Modern microbialites, a specialized microbial mat that precipitates carbonates, have been thought over the last two decades to be extremely rare,... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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March 14, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I can speak to that. Stromatolites are the finely layered structures, thrombolites are not layered. See figure 1 here
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
I can't even ... a high five, in the face, with a chair ... twice, methinks, for those happy, snappy chappies.
People did the same thing to the 2000 year old thrombolites in SW WA, chasing photographs of the aurora.
People did the same thing to the 2000 year old thrombolites in SW WA, chasing photographs of the aurora.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I can't even ... a high five, in the face, with a chair ... twice, methinks, for those happy, snappy chappies.
People did the same thing to the 2000 year old thrombolites in SW WA, chasing photographs of the aurora.
People did the same thing to the 2000 year old thrombolites in SW WA, chasing photographs of the aurora.
Yesterday was the last official day of our trip. While bittersweet all things must come to an end sometime. The poor older lady in our group was confused and heartbroken though. Our guide was great, and took us to more Indigenous centres than others would see.
#Thrombolites #SacredFire #Arches
#Thrombolites #SacredFire #Arches
July 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Yesterday was the last official day of our trip. While bittersweet all things must come to an end sometime. The poor older lady in our group was confused and heartbroken though. Our guide was great, and took us to more Indigenous centres than others would see.
#Thrombolites #SacredFire #Arches
#Thrombolites #SacredFire #Arches