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A <n>Japanese White Pine</n> bonsai from 1625 at the <n>National Bonsai & Penjing Museum</n>. Photo by <n>Stephen Voss</n>.

A photograph from the <n>Lotus</n> series by <n>Picocoon</n>.

The <n>Pine and Straw Chair</n> (2021) by <n>Green River Project LLC</n>.

<n>Fairy Parachute Fungi</n> (Marasmiellus candidus).

A close-up of <n>Oyster Mushroom</n> gills.

The <n>Mycena interrupta</n> mushroom, commonly known as the <n>Pixie's Parasol</n>.

A sea slug on the Great Barrier Reef, photographed by <n>Valerie Taylor</n> for <n>National Geographic</n> in 1973.

The <n>Saihō-ji temple garden</n> in Kyoto features 120 varieties of moss. Photo by <n>Joanna Kawecki</n>.

The abandoned village of <n>Houtouwan</n> in China, reclaimed by nature. Photo by <n>Johannes Hulsch</n>.

Surreal landscape photograph taken in Idaho by <n>Benjamin Everett</n>.

<n>Gills</n>, a macro photograph by <n>Tim Zarki</n>.

A moss-covered stone carving in <n>Wistman's Wood</n>, Dartmoor, England.

A close-up of <n>White Oyster Mushroom</n> gills.

Album art for <n>Sports Landscape</n> by <n>Adeodat Warfield</n> and <n>Seeking Arrangement</n> by <n>Divine Interface</n>.

A <n>Spiral Carved Stone</n> at the <n>White Spring</n> in <n>Glastonbury</n>.

A photograph from the series <n>Pleasant Place</n> (2018-2020) by photographer <n>Lou-Lou van Staaveren</n>.

The moss garden at <n>Saiho-ji Temple</n> in Kyoto, Japan.

Photo by <n>James L. Stanfield</n> for <n>National Geographic</n> in Virginia, October 1976.

A detailed view of <n>Wreath lichen (Cryptothecia)</n>.

Cover photo by <n>Kathie Hill</n> for <n>Father Murphy</n>'s 2015 album <n>...and He told us to turn to the Sun</n>.