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Desert lichens grow less than a millimeter a year and can live for centuries or even thousands of years. The orange one is a Caloplaca species and the gray green one is of the foliose or leafy families of lichens. To me they are a beautiful complex life form that is a symbiotic partnership of two separate organisms, a fungus and an alga.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!