Icelandic original birch forest
by Marco Cavalli, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection - National Council of Research (CNR IRPI), Padova, Italy
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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- Europe (3707)
- Northern Europe (869)
- Iceland (287)
- Exact location (-19.8884 W, 64.0084 N)
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3888 × 2592 px;
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Canon EOS 1000D
Taken on 3
September
2015
Submitted on 23 February 2016
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
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Marco Cavalli (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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