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Perkysue and biological soil crust

Perkysue and biological soil crust

Tetraneuris argentea. The lumpy blackish soil is a microbiological soil crust: a collection of algae, blue-green algae, and fungi. Such soil crusts are critical...
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Tetraneuris argentea. The lumpy blackish soil is a microbiological soil crust: a collection of algae, blue-green algae, and fungi. Such soil crusts are critical to the ecology of arid and semi-arid areas. In this case, lower limit of juniper woodland, Chimayo Badlands.

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PENTAX K-50

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Aperture f/11 ISO 320 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 10000/100

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Chimayo, New Mexico, US

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upload_date

May, 2019

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