Michael Durham Photography

mima mounds

Unusually regular mounds of earth and vegetation commonly refered to as "mima mounds". Their formative mechanisms continue to be a mystery to scientists. Photographed from the air in spring at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining intact tract of native bunchgrass prairie in North America.

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Unusually regular mounds of earth and vegetation commonly refered to as "mima mounds". Their formative mechanisms continue to be a mystery to scientists. Photographed from the air in spring at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining intact tract of native bunchgrass prairie in North America.