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Spruce trees covered in green moss

October 15, 2011 | Spruce Trees, Alaska

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Untouched wilderness is everywhere in Alaska. Spruce trees on Kodiak Island are almost entirely covered in soft moss.

(From the National Geographic book Hidden Alaska by Michael Melford)


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Photograph by Michael Melford, National Geographic