Peter of the Alpole from the EPFL collects microorganisms from a stream near the Rhone Glacier in Furka...
Hannes Peter of the Alpine and Polar Environment Research Center (Alpole) from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) collects microorganisms from a stream to extract their DNA to better understand how they have adapted to their extreme environment, near the Rhone Glacier in Furka, Switzerland, September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse