      National Geographic Photo of the Day: Cape York Rain Forest

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Queensland, Australia, 1996 Photograph by Sam Abell Despite the
region&#039s inhospitable climatefive months of torrential rains
followed by seven months of drought, plus infertile soil and frequent
lightning-sparked bush blazesCape York Peninsula is home to 379 rare
or endangered plant species. The region is one of Australia&#039s most
complex ecosystems, with rain forest, grassland, wetland, and scrub
coexisting in close quarters.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Uneasy
Magic of Australia&#039s Cape York Peninsula," June 1996, National
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