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Deer moss spreads lightly over the coastal sand scrub forest floor, putting down no roots. A ground lichen, its two symbiotic parts depend on the atmosphere in different ways. The fungus part gets moisture and nutrients from air and dew. The alga part converts sunlight into food. Lichens concentrate pollutants from the atmosphere and they absorb radioactive fallout, so they indicate air quality. It is hard to identify several local species of the worldwide Reindeer moss plant family that might be in this image. One deer moss is on the Florida endangered species list. See the "Best and Biggest" link for a much larger version of this panorama, with more detail. See the "Overview of site" link for a wideangle panorama showing the forest setting for the view on this page. See the "Deer moss main page" link for Caroling's continuing focus on this plant. The panorama shows three animated geometric shapes nestled in the deer moss. Call them Unidentified Atmospheric Units (UAUs, pronounced "wow"). In 1992, I had visions of these psychic tetrahedronal chunks along the path taken by my dying son. He was flying a paraglider and fell from the air. I have not organized related experiences, nor do I have a clear explanation of the UAUs. I feel their appearance here now is an evolutionary step. See the "Animated UAUs" link for a Flash movie showing more of them moving. About scale, this is a closeup view from less than a meter above ground, looking down around you. Each puffball would fit in the palm of your hand. Instead of lichens and pine needles, it is easy to imagine seeing an aerial view of trees and roads. Dry deer moss is often used in creating architectural models. Supporting the deer moss are wiggly fingers of noisy colors streaming in from the lower edge of the panorama as jets of air. They serve the dual purpose of covering stitching errors. The last link, "Guided tour movie" features a local horticulturalist explaining deer moss on a nature walk. Behind the scene : about the glaring highlights
Best and Biggest version (15 MB): http://wholeo.net/Lookout/lookout2007/visions/panoramas/wwp3-07deerMossLivesOnAir.html Deer moss main page: http://wholeo.net/Lookout/lookout2007/lookout07.html Overview of site: http://wholeo.net/Lookout/lookout2007/panoramas/lookout07deerMossOverview.html Animated UAUs: http://wholeo.net/Lookout/lookout2007/visions/movies/lookout07deerMossChunkTetsVisions.html Guided tour movie: http://wholeo.net/Lookout/lookout2007/movies/lookout07deerMossSnookie.html wholeo.net is a mix of the real and unreal art in Caroling's search for the whole self
Shortcut to this page: http://worldwidepanorama.org/wwp_rss/go/n3173
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