![Three researchers walk out onto the salty crust left behind after water has evaporated at Last Chance Lake in September 2022.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xiCcFhrjHisyCSfwAvNa3o-320-80.jpg)
Last Chance Lake: The unusual 'soda lake' with conditions that may have given rise to life on Earth
Scientists consider Last Chance Lake to be an analog for lakes that may have existed on Earth 4 billion years ago and contained the ingredients for early life on our planet.