Hamelin Pool and Stromatolites, Shark Bay , WA
Part
1-- Hamelin Pool and Stromatolites, Shark
Bay
Part
2-- Shell Beach
& Eagle Bluff, Shark
Bay
Part
3-- Francois Peron
National Park - Denham & Monkey Mia, Shark Bay
http://jeffchentramp.blogspot.co.nz/2016/07/francois-peron-national-park-denham.html
Shark Bay World Heritage Area became Western Australia 's
first world heritage listed area in 1991. It covers 2.2 million hectares (2.2
square km) on the coast of Western Australia
and is located approximately 800 km
north of Perth , on the westernmost point of the Australia continent.
Its colorful and diverse landscapes are home for animals and plants, including
some found nowhere else on Earth. Its vast seagrass meadows feed and shelter
globally endangered species.
The major geographical features and
highlights in the area include:
(1) Hamelin Pool and Stromatolites
(2) Shell Beach
& Eagle Bluff
(3) Denham & Monkey Mia
(4) Francois Peron
National Park
Hamelin Pool and Stromatolites
Hamelin Pool is home to the most diverse
and abundant examples of living stromatolites in the world. Referred to as
'living fossils', these creatures are monuments to life on Earth over 3500
million years ago, a time when no other complex creatures were present on the
planet. They are rock-like structures built by microbes (single-celled cyanobacteria)
which were the first life forms to appear on Earth. The cyanobacteria trap
sediments with mucous to form enormous mats or great reefs of rock-like
structures called stromatolites. At first glance these don’t even seem to
be living. Each structure is actually a very slow growing microbial colony that
may grow less than 1 mm per
year.
You can see the
stromatolites easily at Hamelin Pool where a
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