Cow manure decomposition

Description:

Cow manure covered in snow. The manure decomposes from bacteria, and its temperature raises. Hence, the recently fallen snow (10-15 cm in the previous 2-3 days) has melted and due to the low air temperatures (the photo was taken at around 18:00 with temperatures around zero deg Celcius) smoke cloud is visible. The photo was taken at the village of Volakas, some 35 km from Drama, NE Greece.

Credit:

Konstantinos Kourtidis , Demokritus University of Thrace , Xanthi - Greece

Other images by this photographer (117 images)

When:

Taken on May 1, 2009 and submitted on January 8, 2009

Sections:

• Interdisciplinary / Other (60 images)
• Biogeosciences (54 images)

Categories:

• Field (785 images)

Camera:

Panasonic

Model:

Lumix DMC-FZ8