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 |
