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23-FEB-2005

Red

No, this is not the work of some graffitti artists.
The red hue comes from micro organisms that are among the first to begin living on these glacially deposited rocks.
Other micro organism start eating these and eventually after eons the rocks begin to crumble and lo, soil.

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