Apart from the Pinnacles Cervantes is also one
of two places on earth where you can see life stromatolites (the other is in
Shark Bay further north in WA). Stromatolites are very ancient live forms where
colonies of bacteria form a thin living layer that captures sand and sediment and
as such slowly build rock, continue to grow over time. In fact this is as far
as we know the earliest form of live –correct me if I’m wrong- and therefor
worth a visit. What stromatolites need to be able to grow is very salty water,
saltier than the ocean. They look like rocks in the end.
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