Icelandic original birch forest

Marco Cavalli

Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection - National Council of Research (CNR IRPI), Padova, Italy

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Dwarf birch trees with contorted trunks in a remnant patch of the Icelandic original birch forest whitin the desertified land around the Hekla volcano. In this area volcanic ash and grazing caused severe erosion.

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Type Image Format JPG Size 4.3 MB Width 3888 px Height 2592 px Aspect 3:2 Brand Canon Model EOS 1000D Exposure 55 mm f/5.6 1/25 s ISO 800 Taken 3 September 2015 Coordinates 64.0084, -19.8884 Tint Moderate yellowish green Submitted 23 February 2016

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Marco Cavalli (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Icelandic original birch forest