Saturday, July 26, 2008

POTD CHALLENGE - NATURE: CAN BE WHIMSICAL!

Unfortunately, there is nothing near to this shore pine to show its size relative to its environment in this old-growth forest. So, imagine that my SUV could be cradled between the two lowest limbs, quiet easily, with room to spare. It reaches probably 150' skyward, but it is the limb growth that looks so outrageously indecisive! Yes, this is all one tree:



4 comments:

pat said...

Oh my goodness, ML--that is INCREDIBLE!!! You need to get C to stand by the tree for scale--or would she be dwarfed by the undergrowth?

Jess said...

Wow, what an AMAZING tree! I am trying to imagine the sheer magnitude of it- it must be just GIGANTIC!

pat said...

ML--R said it looks like a mega-menorah!

Sharon said...

Very cool!