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Canyonlands - the Needles

Detailed Description

View of part of the Needles in Canyonlands National Park. Shrub pinyon pines and junipers grow on the red sandy soil. Between plants, the soil's surface hosts a fragile biological-soil crust consisting of cyanobacteria, lichens, mosses, fungi, and algae.

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Public Domain.