Linda Grashoff's Photography Adventures

Rocky Vermilion Shoreline 2

September 8, 2014

Here, besides coating the rocks, some iron-oxide-laden water has splashed onto fallen leaves. To the right of the top leaves you can see a snail trail on a piece of shale.

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  1. bluebrightly's avatar
    bluebrightly

    What attracts me here are the colors of the big leaf – so metallic, like old pewter or something. Very pretty!

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    September 13, 2014 at 6:22 PM

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  2. Linda Grashoff's avatar
    Linda Grashoff

    I’ll bet a Leptothrix discophora film used to cover the leaf; that’s probably what gives the leaf that metallic sheen. (L. discophora interacts with iron, manganese, and possibly other metals in the water, so has a metallic sheen.)

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    September 13, 2014 at 9:00 PM

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