Northern taïga landscape at Khanymey Research Station, Western Siberia.
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Northern taïga landscape at Khanymey Research Station, Western Siberia.

by Laurent Orgogozo, University of Toulouse - Paul Sabatier Toulouse III, Toulouse, France

Foreground: peatland area - mound with lichens and sphagnum mosses.
Middle: peatland area - hollow with immersed sphagnum mosses.
Background: forested area - pine and larch.
Located in the discontinuous permafrost zone.