It’s often easy to see cracks in a lava field because there are endemic ‘ae ferns (Polypodium pellucidum) growing in them and they make a distinct green line through the mostly gray lava.
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Amazing, The contrast between the green and the grey is striking, and the frozen flow patterns in the larva add to the interest.
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The lava flows are a bit like fingerprints, no two the same.
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How unusual, Graham. Cool shot!
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I like taking photos of plants growing in hostile places. It’s wonderful how they manage to survive.
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Very cool!
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Thanks, Snow.
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Very effective. It reminds me of the natural limestone pavements found in parts of Europe where the plants grow in the fissures in the limestone.
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Cracks and fissures are the first place anything grows again. I was fascinated to see that ohia trees put their roots down into lava tubes and access moisture from condensation in the tubes. Nature can be pretty amazing.
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I love these! Life after death 🙂 🙂
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Yes, the reclamation of lava flows is amazing to see. It looks such a forbidding landscapes, but some plants are exceedingly tenacious.
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Wow! This is extraordinary to see, never realised this could happen. Clever fern
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There are several native plants that are among the first things to recolonize lava flows, and a few non-natives these days, of course.
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Just wonderful, not so the non native stuff though
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Not so much, no.
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