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A narrow wooden boardwalk winds through the primordial landscape of Pepeopae Bog in Molokai's Kamakou Nature Preserve, where moss-cloaked trees create a verdant cathedral among abundant native ferns. This carefully engineered path of wooden planks and corrugated metal prevents visitors from damaging the fragile bog ecosystem, which functions as both watershed and biological sanctuary at nearly 5,000 feet above sea level. The preserve harbors an extraordinary botanical treasury of more than 250 Hawaiian plant species, with a remarkable 219 found nowhere else on Earth—a living museum of evolutionary isolation that scientists study to understand patterns of island speciation and adaptation in one of the world's most unique high-elevation wetland environments.
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Science Revealed | Making Wonder Visible, MOLOKAI COLLECTION, TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT PHOTOGRAPHY | RAINFOREST AND JUNGLE DOCUMENTATION
A narrow wooden boardwalk winds through the primordial landscape of Pepeopae Bog in Molokai's Kamakou Nature Preserve, where moss-cloaked trees create a verdant cathedral among abundant native ferns. This carefully engineered path of wooden planks and corrugated metal prevents visitors from damaging the fragile bog ecosystem, which functions as both watershed and biological sanctuary at nearly 5,000 feet above sea level. The preserve harbors an extraordinary botanical treasury of more than 250 Hawaiian plant species, with a remarkable 219 found nowhere else on Earth—a living museum of evolutionary isolation that scientists study to understand patterns of island speciation and adaptation in one of the world's most unique high-elevation wetland environments.