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<p>Microbes are everywhere. We have found these tiny organisms in the deepest regions of the ocean and in the upper atmosphere. We have found them in:
+ water that has been solid ice for millennia in the Antarctic
+ boiling water in the geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
+ the driest natural environments on Earth, including the Atacama Desert in Chile, where desiccation resistant microbes hide in the s