Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments (IMAGE)

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Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments

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A section of South Dakota’s Wind Cave seen under normal white light (left image) transforms into something otherworldly when placed under UV light (right image).

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Joshua Sebree

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