Wine Palms of Chile

Wine Palms of ChileThe Chilean Wine Palm Jubea chilensis is a much appreciated but increasingly rare palm tree that is endemic to central Chile. The fruits are like miniature coconuts (hard shelled and with white fruit) and the sap of the tree has been used for producing a beverage referred to as wine. The cluster of palms in this image was taken at La Campana National Park where the tree is preserved. .

Plumes of steam however were what they saw

I met this one near the border of Mexico/USA while it waited patiently for its mate who was out territory shopping

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times are tough

one of whom was named August Mobius

Naturalist photographer Greg Lawson’s California image collection conjures up just such a possibility with page after page of Golden State imagery featuring flora and fauna along with landscapes and seascapes with little visible impact by the footprint of man