http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2009/01/07/lichen-and-algae/ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:33:12 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2009/01/07/lichen-and-algae/comment-page-1/#comment-943 dougal Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:31:30 +0000 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/?p=476#comment-943 F ing awesome! F ing awesome!

]]> http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2009/01/07/lichen-and-algae/comment-page-1/#comment-234 John Koenig Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:10:31 +0000 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/?p=476#comment-234 Loved the photo of the orange crustose lichen. Amazing color in a predominately white landscape. Now if you could photograph one of the small (to 10cm) cushion mosses documented in your area that would be awesome. Reportedly occurring "up to 0.5km NE of the hut on N and NW facing slopes" and on slopes "above the coastal cliffs about 1km S of the penguin colonies". Your blog is a fascinating window into a world I'll never personally experience. Keep up the great reports/photographs. It's obvious you love what you're doing which is a great space to be at 22! Loved the photo of the orange crustose lichen. Amazing color in a predominately white landscape. Now if you could photograph one of the small (to 10cm) cushion mosses documented in your area that would be awesome. Reportedly occurring “up to 0.5km NE of the hut on N and NW facing slopes” and on slopes “above the coastal cliffs about 1km S of the penguin colonies”.
Your blog is a fascinating window into a world I’ll never personally experience. Keep up the great reports/photographs. It’s obvious you love what you’re doing which is a great space to be at 22!

]]> http://noahstrycker.com/blog/2009/01/07/lichen-and-algae/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Arija Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:54:25 +0000 http://noahstrycker.com/blog/?p=476#comment-228 We have seen similar wonders in Iceland where the crust of the earth is so thin it resonates as you walk on it and the landscape is full of smoking fumeroles. First sign of plant life are the lichens, then come the mosses who on a geological timesacale are followed bu tiny most delicate bluebells progressing thrugh grasses to 8"tall willows and much later, birche. All still less than knee high. A real wonderland of earth in formation like Antarctica at the other end of the scale which has the last vestiges of lush pland growth. We have seen similar wonders in Iceland where the crust of the earth is so thin it resonates as you walk on it and the landscape is full of smoking fumeroles. First sign of plant life are the lichens, then come the mosses who on a geological timesacale are followed bu tiny most delicate bluebells progressing thrugh grasses to 8″tall willows and much later, birche. All still less than knee high. A real wonderland of earth in formation like Antarctica at the other end of the scale which has the last vestiges of lush pland growth.

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