2013 Annual Science Report
University of Wisconsin
Reporting | SEP 2012 – AUG 2013
EPO Activity: Permanent Biosignatures Museum Exhibit
Project Progress
This exhibit features Earth’s oldest rocks and fossils, the “Aromas of Astrobiology”, a 3-foot high Winogradsky column, and a 27.1g piece of the Tissint Martian meteorite. It will be seen by ~50,000 visitors annually, 14,000 of whom are school children on one hour long guided tours.
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"
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A walkthrough of "Biosignatures: What Does Life Leave Behind?"