Science
Related: About this forumpicture of a 700 year old tree
Tim Smalley
@timsmalley@mastodon.green
For today's #ThickTrunkTuesday, I have a very special tree.
This is an ancient hornbeam tree that is about 700 yrs old.
It looks like two trees, but it's actually a single tree that has begun to compartmentalise in the latter part of its life. I explain more about this below.
I'd love to go back to shoot this again in the fog. Here's hoping things align the next time I have an opportunity to get up to this remarkable forest.
#woodland #trees #forest #landscapephotography #art #nature
https://mastodon.green/@timsmalley/109825315816738721

Deuxcents
(21,298 posts)BootinUp
(49,485 posts)Deuxcents
(21,298 posts)BootinUp
(49,485 posts)hasn't said, yet.
central scrutinizer
(12,458 posts)Some dipshit might go cut it down.
Deuxcents
(21,298 posts)CloudWatcher
(1,962 posts)Locations of super old trees are often withheld to avoid vandalism.
Deuxcents
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SCantiGOP
(14,377 posts)star in Lord of the Rings?
BootinUp
(49,485 posts)was filmed in New Zealand, and I think these are North American trees. But I do not know for sure.