At first glance this image might look like an abstract painting of a queue of people, 

乍一看，这幅图像可能看起来像是一幅抽象画，画的是一队人，

but in actuality this is the light micrograph of a section of a marram grass (Ammophila arenaria) leaf.

但事实上，这是一片沙茅草（Ammophila arenaria）叶子的一部分的显微照片。

Found in coastal areas on sand dunes, 

发现于沿海地区的沙丘上，

the survival of this species of grass is dependent on its ability to optimally intake water and store it.

这种草的生存取决于它最大程度地吸收和储存水分的能力。 

Marram grass traps moist air into its leaves, 

马兰草把潮湿的空气吸入树叶，

collecting water through the hair-like structures and moving it throughout the plant through the xylem vessels.

通过毛发状结构收集水分，并通过木质部导管在整个植物中移动。

Using a microscope technique called incident fluorescence with ultraviolet excitation,

使用一种名为紫外光激发的入射荧光的显微镜技术，

this image distinguishes between the xylem vessels and sugar-carrying phloem to reveal the grass’s delicate, yet eerie internal structure.

这张图片区分了木质部导管和携带糖的韧皮部，揭示了草的微妙，但诡异的内部结构。