First fern growing on a lava flow, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii 

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First fern growing on a lava flow, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii

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First plant life, a fern, is inhabiting a lava flow on Mauna Loa

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Photographer: Gerhard Hüdepohl

Country: United States

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Credit: Gerhard Hüdepohl / atacamaphoto