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(a) Confocal micrograph of a 0.56-μm2 region of a leaf surface showing a field of (bean-shaped) stomata. (b) Near-infrared image of a 6.25-cm2 region of a leaf surface showing patchy chlorophyll fluorescence. The image is brighter where the leaf's stomata are more closed.