Anthocyanin dancers: Photo of new leaves–red with pigments called anthocyanins– contrasting with mature leaves on a Gambel’s Oak, El Morro National Monument, Cibola County, New Mexico.
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Inside out trompe l’oeil: Photo of “rock lace” patterns in weathered sandstone at El Morro National Monument, Cibola County, New Mexico. (Note that the cavities in the upper half of the image look like nodules in the lower half.)
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Lichen universe: Photo of lichen and other patterns on sandstone atop the El Morro promontory in El Morro National Monument, Cibola County, New Mexico.
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Roots exposed: Photos of details of exposed roots of an old Ponderosa pine in the slot canyon of Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico.
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