Sunday, March 2, 2014

National Geographic Photo of the Day: Marchv 2nd of 2014

Native Stand

March 2, 2014
Picture of a stand of rimu trees in New Zealand
March 2, 2014

Native Stand

Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic
In the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage area, stands of rimu trees, a type of conifer found only in New Zealand, are a signature of Gondwana, the supercontinent that fragmented into the landmasses of today’s Southern Hemisphere.
See more pictures from the March 2014 feature story “Where Greenstone Grows.”

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