"He must, so know the starfish and the student biologist who sits at the feet of living things, proliferate in all
directions. Having certain tendencies, he must move along their lines to the limit of their potentialities."

John Steinbeck - Log from the Sea of Cortez

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Life finds a way

A lake high in the Argentinian Andes, almost 3 miles above sea level. Hyperalkaline, with a pH of 11 and salinity five times that of seawater. Loaded with arsenic, low in oxygen, and pounded with high intensities of ultraviolet radiation. And sitting in an active volcano with sulfurous gases escaping from vents. And teeming with life.
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