Ice Caves & Lava Tubes
Lava Tubes With Permanent Ice
Lava tubes are found on Earth, the Moon, and Mars. They are great places to find chemolithotrophic bacteria that are cold-adapted, or psychrophiles. Ice caves in Oregon harbor bacteria capable of using olivine, a common igneous mineral, for energy. Olivine is also present in igneous rocks on other worlds.
So Excited to be Doing Science in a Cave
It was like a freezer in there but it was one hot summer outside the cave.
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Collecting Samples of Rock and Ice
My Masters advisor Radu Popa helping me collect samples in a lava tube in Oregon.