Plants in the desert
A typical plant found around the ALMA site. In Nototriche holosericea leaves are undulated and cerebriform; the surface available for gas exchanges exposed to the wind is manyfold. A white indumentum protects the leaf from transpiration and UV radiation. This picture was obtained in August 2004.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | alma-itp-13 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
Size: | 2552 x 1730 px |
About the Object
Name: | Atacama Desert |
Type: | Solar System : Planet : Feature : Surface |
Category: | ALMA |