OuiSi Nature card 105: Tundra Polygons. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan The whole photograph behind card 105: Tundra Polygons. Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan

OuiSi Nature · Card 105

Tundra Polygons

Location
Teshekpuk Lake, AK, USA
Date
July 1, 2019
Photograph byKiliii Yüyan

Description

These pools are created in Arctic regions, where the freezing and thawing of water above the permafrost layer creates these unique polygons. They can be depressions like these, or raised above the surrounding terrain in relief.

Photo linkinstagram.com/p/B7EQqGRHjSL
Learn moreen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterned_ground
Kiliii Yüyan

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Kiliii Yüyan

NatGeo photographer, Arctic+Indigenous stories, Nanai+Chinese descent

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Tundra Polygons

Photograph by Kiliii Yüyan