Drone Image of Australian Fairy Circles (IMAGE)

University of Göttingen

Drone Image of Australian Fairy Circles

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Drone image of the Australian fairy circles, taken at a flying altitude of 40 m above ground. The gaps have average diameters of 4 m and the spatially periodic pattern results from approximately equal distances between the centers of nearest-neighbouring gaps. This study plot burnt in 2014 and the recovering spinifex grasses were two years and eight months old.

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S Getzin, University of Göttingen

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