The water at the grotto was running yesterday. There is something about running water that is so soothing!
The grotto was awesome! We got a half inch rain about a week ago. We live fifteen minutes from the grotto, but the grotto could have gotten much more.
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So many different kinds of crustose lichens!
A frosty or powdery layer on the upper thallus/cortex is pruina. It is typically made of calcium oxalter or dead cortical tissue. So the lichen in the middle is pruinose.
Another example in a closer view!
Multiple crustose lichens!
A closer view of the bigger lichen in the above photo!
Always looking under rocks, we found this spider. Really blends in!
Trees have such strong wills I would say. It seems nothing stops them, even rocks. Tomorrow, I will share the most exciting fossil find of the outing!
Keep looking!
The more you know, the more you see and the more you see, the more you know.
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It was a great spot. Wish I could have figured out the spider!
It was a great spot. Wish I could have figured out the spider!
You certainly gave it a good try! Thank you!
Those rocks and lichens are awesome. Just gorgeous.
That spider’s camouflage is primo! Thanks for getting video of the grotto waterfall. It’s so mesmerizing.