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Plants on a sand dune
October 28, 2010

Sand Dune, Fraser Island

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Pioneering plants get a toehold above the tide line on Australia's Fraser Island.

See more photos of the September 2010 story "Sands of Time."



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Photograph by Peter Essick, National Geographic
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