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Fred the Cat
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Lichens

Post by Fred the Cat » Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:46 pm

During a recent trip we encountered a variety of life. Some large but others quite small and colorful. Lichens painted the rocks with an astounding array of textures, shapes, and hues. Nature seems quite able to provide us art.
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Re: Lichens

Post by neufer » Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:28 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen#Evolution_and_paleontology wrote: <<The European Space Agency has discovered that lichens can survive unprotected in space. In an experiment led by Leopoldo Sancho from the Complutense University of Madrid, two species of lichen—Rhizocarpon geographicum and Xanthoria elegans—were sealed in a capsule and launched on a Russian Soyuz rocket 31 May 2005. Once in orbit, the capsules were opened and the lichens were directly exposed to the vacuum of space with its widely fluctuating temperatures and cosmic radiation. After 15 days, the lichens were brought back to earth and were found to be in full health with no discernible damage from their time in orbit.>>
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