Soil Cutaway (IMAGE)

American Society of Agronomy

Soil Cutaway

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Matthew Walker points to a macropore in which water travelled during the experiment, thus leaving blue tracks or fingerprints behind. The picture was taken while excavating a soil profile, three days after blue-dye water had been sprinkled onto that soil profile.

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Genevieve Ali

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