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A plant growing on the shore of Lake Salda, in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

An exposed island of old microbialites – rock-like underwater structures that resemble reefs but are made entirely of millions of microbes – at Salda Lake, in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

Professor Latif Kurt of Ankara University and Umit Turan from Turkish Environment Ministry inspect the shoreline of Salda Lake in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

Nasa mentioned Lake Salda in a tweet a day before the US space agency's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars. Reuters

Lake Salda has similar mineralogy and geology to that found at Jezero Crater on Mars, which is thought to have once contained a lake. Reuters

A member of the Persererence team, along with colleagues from Istanbul Technical University, studied Lake Salda to help guide the search for microbial life at Jezero. Reuters

A general view of Lake Salda, in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

A plant growing on the shore of Lake Salda, in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

An exposed island of old microbialites – rock-like underwater structures that resemble reefs but are made entirely of millions of microbes – at Salda Lake, in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

Professor Latif Kurt of Ankara University and Umit Turan from Turkish Environment Ministry inspect the shoreline of Salda Lake in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

Nasa mentioned Lake Salda in a tweet a day before the US space agency's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars. Reuters

Lake Salda has similar mineralogy and geology to that found at Jezero Crater on Mars, which is thought to have once contained a lake. Reuters

A member of the Persererence team, along with colleagues from Istanbul Technical University, studied Lake Salda to help guide the search for microbial life at Jezero. Reuters

A general view of Lake Salda, in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

A plant growing on the shore of Lake Salda, in Burdur province, Turkey. Reuters

How a lake in Turkey may hold secrets to life on Mars

As Nasa's Perseverance rover explores the Red Planet, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life there use data from closer to home

AFP

March 10, 2021

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