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Middlebury College installed a $12 million biomass gasification plant in 2008 as part of a goal to be carbon neutral by 2016. When it appeared that everybody else was trying to generate power by cutting down Vermont's forests, the college started a trial to determine whether willow could be grown for biofuel. A nine ac...
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This panorama represents one of the largest known populations of Conrad's Crowberry (Corema conradii) in New Jersey. Named after its discoverer, S. White Conrad (1779-1831), Corema conradii is one of the rarest plants in the coastal plain habitat. It currently exists in several disjunct populations, occuriing as far so...
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A Levitation Delta kite lofted a Canon S95 on a KAP rig over the site of this Nearbynature Gigapan: gigapan.org/gigapans/80659/. A snapshot shows the exact location occupied by the gigapan imager. Wind speed varied enough that the rig rose and fell constantly as the AuRiCo controller snapped photos in a diffe...
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Near Fairbanks Alaska, climatic conditions above an elevation of 3000 feet limit tree growth, so higher terrain supports treeless tundra vegetation. Near the tor-like outcrops of metasandstone (the Fairbanks Schist), thin soil supports a dry tundra dominated by mountain avens with few shrubs more than a few inches tall...
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The top of Eagle Summit is 4,000 feet above sea level, and 1,000 feet above treeline. Although nothing can grow taller than the winter snowpack in this harsh environment, there is relatively high species diversity, especially where the ground stays damp as in the foreground of this view. The rocks and bare soil were n...
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Our camp straddled an esker that separates this classic Adirondack valley bog from Little Tupper Lake, NY. There are probably a few meters of peat under the surface here. The bog supports larch (Larix laricina), Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum), bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia), leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calycula...
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Cabin Bluff, along the Tanana River near Big Delta, Alaska, is one of many south-facing steep slopes which support an unusual steppe community dominated by sagebrush and grasses. The absence of trees is assumed to be a result of severe droughty conditions. This community is considered to be a modern analog for the wi...
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A repeat of gigapan.org/gigapans/53282/ with 18 close-focused photos replacing the original blurry ones and revealing the steppe vegetation. Cabin Bluff, along the Tanana River near Big Delta, Alaska, is one of many south-facing steep slopes which support an unusual steppe community dominated by sagebrush an...
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The Ter is a river in Catalonia (northeastern Spain) that begins in the mountains of the Pyrenees, at Ull de Ter (2480 m of altitude), passes through the city of Girona, and ends in the Mediterranean Sea at l'Estartit in its mouth, named La Gola. It measures 208 km and drains an area of 3,001 km², being the largest in...
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