Subj : ES Picture of the Day 12  2022
To   : All
From : Dan Richter
Date : Tue Apr 12 2022 12:01:10

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The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes
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 Canary Island Pine Regrowth After Eruption

   April 12, 2022

    20220129_170049

   Photographer:  Ana García Suárez

   Summary Author:  Ana García Suárez

   This photo from January 29th, 2022 shows a  Canary Island Pine
   (Pinus canariensis) that sprouted again a little more than a month
   after the end of the  volcanic eruption on the island of  La
   Palma. For kilometers around the volcano, forests are no longer green
   because of the emission of gases and  acid rain. These acidic gases
   damage the photosystems of the trees, causing plant tissue
    chlorosis and  necrosis. As is evident in the photo above, even
   after these severe eruption episodes involving noxious gases, acid
   rain, and ash, the vegetation is not dead. Slowly the landscape is
   growing back, including the Canary Island Pine that is particularly
   known to be able to  sprout again after a fire. Nature takes its
   course and does not give up.
     * Las Manchas, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain Coordinates: 28.5994,
       -17.8836

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