Oct 17, 2010: Mighty Trees - Page 2

jinx · 10-17-2010, 09:32 AM

Bullitt · 10-17-2010, 12:41 PM

Is that tree from the National Geographic article a couple months ago?

xoxoxoBruce · 10-17-2010, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

Is that tree from the National Geographic article a couple months ago?

I could be, the site I found it on didn't give any photo credit.

Wombat · 10-17-2010, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt

Is that tree from the National Geographic article a couple months ago?

Yes, I recognise the pic from that article. It was printed as an extra-long fold out side-ways pic, very impressive. I remember the article saying the pic is a composite of many smaller photographs taken from at least four different heights: it had to be done this way because the tree is just too tall to fit in one shot.

Trilby · 10-17-2010, 01:22 PM

That's a mighty big tree, Lou.

spudcon · 10-17-2010, 04:31 PM

I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and almost everyone else feels the same. Conservatives are not the monsters they are portrayed to be.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-17-2010, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by spudcon

I'm sure Rush Limbaugh and almost everyone else feels the same.
Conservatives are not the monsters they are portrayed to be.

Of course they're not... just Rush.

Pete Zicato · 10-18-2010, 09:45 AM

Zing 2 had a biology teacher who's wife is a professional competitive tree climber. I bet she'd like that tree.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-18-2010, 02:12 PM

"Professional competitive tree climber." How's that for a conversation starter at cocktail parties. I wonder what a headhunter would do with a resume like that.

Cloud · 10-17-2010, 05:02 PM

yep; it's from NatGeo; and a composite of 84 images

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/re...gatefold-image

xoxoxoBruce · 10-17-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

yep; it's from NatGeo; and a composite of 84 images

I assumed from the edges it was a composite. All my pictures of those trees, barely show the top half in the distance.

monster · 10-17-2010, 05:42 PM

so how many giant trees in a chilean mine rescue shaft?

classicman · 10-18-2010, 03:36 PM

Good point. Lots of Decks or planters then.

Adak · 10-19-2010, 01:43 AM

What a tree! Perspective is nice though. We need a bunch of these beauties, to show our kids what they can be, but a really mature redwood forest is almost barren of wildlife and other plant species.

Redwood tree's have a way of directing rain downward to their own roots, (leaving the other area's rather dry), and the thick duff they drop to the forest floor, inhibits other plants from growing.

The herbivores leave, because there is so little food for them. The birds leave because the plants and the seeds they eat - even the worms - are more scarce or harder to find. The predators leave because their prey has left.

That's why the Indians burned the forests, periodically. If it wouldn't burn, they had to move on, or get other food to supplement the lean pickings available in the forest.

You don't want to do a survival course in a mature growth Redwood forest. There's very little to eat. Water is no problem, but food is. Here's a documentary on one outdoorsman, that tried it, in the Canadian wilderness:

http://www.fastpasstv.com/tv/alone-in-the-wild/

In a mature coniferous forest.

Mature evergreen forests are nice, but they aren't the epitome of Mother Earth at her most bountiful - far from it.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-19-2010, 02:04 AM

What, no spotted owls?

That forest is nice for camping though. Minimum intrusion by insects, slithery stuff, man eaters, poison ivy, and Jehovah's Witnesses.

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10-17-2010, 04:31 PM	#6
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10-18-2010, 09:45 AM	#8
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Zing 2 had a biology teacher who's wife is a professional competitive tree climber. I bet she'd like that tree. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

10-18-2010, 02:12 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	"Professional competitive tree climber." How's that for a conversation starter at cocktail parties. I wonder what a headhunter would do with a resume like that. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-17-2010, 05:02 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yep; it's from NatGeo; and a composite of 84 images http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/re...gatefold-image __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-17-2010, 05:42 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	so how many giant trees in a chilean mine rescue shaft? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-18-2010, 03:36 PM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Good point. Lots of Decks or planters then. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

10-19-2010, 01:43 AM	#14
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	What a tree! Perspective is nice though. We need a bunch of these beauties, to show our kids what they can be, but a really mature redwood forest is almost barren of wildlife and other plant species. Redwood tree's have a way of directing rain downward to their own roots, (leaving the other area's rather dry), and the thick duff they drop to the forest floor, inhibits other plants from growing. The herbivores leave, because there is so little food for them. The birds leave because the plants and the seeds they eat - even the worms - are more scarce or harder to find. The predators leave because their prey has left. That's why the Indians burned the forests, periodically. If it wouldn't burn, they had to move on, or get other food to supplement the lean pickings available in the forest. You don't want to do a survival course in a mature growth Redwood forest. There's very little to eat. Water is no problem, but food is. Here's a documentary on one outdoorsman, that tried it, in the Canadian wilderness: http://www.fastpasstv.com/tv/alone-in-the-wild/ In a mature coniferous forest. Mature evergreen forests are nice, but they aren't the epitome of Mother Earth at her most bountiful - far from it.

10-19-2010, 02:04 AM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What, no spotted owls? That forest is nice for camping though. Minimum intrusion by insects, slithery stuff, man eaters, poison ivy, and Jehovah's Witnesses. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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