Publishing illustration

Desert plant.

Computer artwork of a plant growing in an otherwise barren desert. This shows how life can survive in even the harshest of conditions. Many desert plants produce seeds and spores that lie dormant in the soil, sometimes waiting years for the rains to return before germinating and sprouting into a new plant. If it is fertilised, the new plant will itself produce seeds and the cycle will continue.

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