Images Dated 2002

William Bay

William Bay, William Bay National Park, Western Australia, Australia

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Australian, Bay, Beach, Coast, Coastal Climate, Coastlne, Landscape, National Park, Overcast, Scenery, Scenic, Shore

Savannah with spinifex and termite mounds. (Triodia sp.)

Savannah with spinifex and termite mounds. (Triodia sp.) and termite mounds. The spiky leaves of spinifex contain silica that makes them rigid. They are indigestible to all animals except termites, that thrive on the spinifex litter. Central Australia

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Arid Climate, Australian, Biome, Desert, Ecosystem, Extreme Terrain, Grass, Grasslands, Hot, Red Sand, Rings, Tussocks, Vegetated Desert

Pencil pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides)

Pencil pine (Athrotaxis cupressoides), extremely slow-growing and long-living tree, to 1300 years, of Tasmanian montane rainforest. Tarn Shelf, Mount Mawson, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia

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Athrotaxis, Australian, Cloud, Conifer, Cupressaceae, Down, Endemic To Tasmania, Gymnosperms, High Altitude, Low Cloud, Montane, Moody, Pinales, Pinopsida, Plant, Rainforest Plant, Temperate Rainforest Plant, Threatened, Tree, Vegetation