There's something quite wonderful about the way light interacts with mosses when you get really close. This is
Ceratodon purpurea.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/ScbJelk37VI/AAAAAAAAA4w/Ppbyw3998gU/s280/ceratodon-purpureus-web.jpg)
This is a habit shot on the top of a rock:
Racomitrium lanuginosum is another rock moss. The leaf tips have an extended central vein that looks like a white hair:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/ScbJSOFLHEI/AAAAAAAAA4g/wmEAN6-Gj8k/s280/racomitrium-habit-web.jpg)
Here's a close-up.
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tZ447WZizBg/ScbJMULQS6I/AAAAAAAAA4Y/mxmsFwiLiM8/s280/racomitrium-web.jpg)
And another Hebrew Character turned up last night:
"There's something quite wonderful about the way light interacts with mosses" - yup, and isn't that a fantastic shot of the C. purpurea.
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