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Tim Lee, left, an exhibit designer with the Natural History Museum gathers microbialites with geologist Mike Vanden-Berg along the shores of The Great Salt Lake, Nov. 16, 2015. The small rock like structures formed by cyanobacteria, offer a glimpse of what the Earth was like for its first 3 billion years. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP) LOCAL STATIONS OUT; MAGS OUT; DESERET NEWS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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