Stromatolite

Fossil remains of extremely ancient bacteria at Waterton Lakes National Park in the Canadian Rockies. The bacteria grew in layers, something like the plaque you grow in your mouth, over millions of years to form this rock. This is probably more ancient than the invention of photosynthesis, so it's billions of years old. My solar-powered watch wanted to pose with it to think about the whole huge time dimension.

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