Angel Oak
This tree is estimated to be older than Ted Kennedy, even older than Colonial America. Wikipedia has the whole story. The branches on this baby are bigger around than most trees I see around here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Oak
Beautiful.
Heres another old tree :P Approx 800 years. It's called Old Knobbly. Also an oak tree.
Smaller. And very knobbly :P
My favorite old trees: bristlecone pines
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Yeah what else is new? :P
Can you see the naked screaming crucified man in this photo?
I took this photo of a dead tree on Christmas Day 2001, in Namadgi National Park, Australia. Near a hill called Yankee Hat.
Hi wombat! I lived in Canberra for a few years, and I've been hiking in Namadgi a fair bit. That's a pretty weird tree photo you've got there.
Say, if you like wombats and hiking, have you been out in the hills around Casurina Sands on the Murrumbidgee, around dusk? There used to be a big population of them out there, they would be quite active in the early evening and I had several sightings.
Hi ZenGum, Yes I've been there but only in the day not at dusk. I'll keep an eye out next time I'm there.
It looks like the tree man is enjoying it.
The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, according to legend Robin Hood and his merry men used to hide out in it's hollow trunk. Though that couldn't have been this tree as it's not old enough, or would have justa sapling. Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story, and tourism though ;)
Interesting that the Angel Oak in the OP the branches touch the ground, you can The Major Oaks are supported, or they're weight would split the trunk.
A tree with a walker? Who wood have thought it? Knot me. Must be a new branch of medicine.
You leaf me speechless shel.
That Robin Hood story rubs against the grain. Is there a splinter of truth in there anywhere? Anyone who believes it without checking first is a sap.
Queenie - gotta log-in says the link....
Oh crumbs. How about this:
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Oh how marvellous. What a perfect pic-i-nic spot.
It's in downtown Santa Barbara, CA. They actually diverted the freeway around it.
(I'm a HUGE fan of the Bristlecones too, Bullitt. Oldest trees in the U.S. So noble.)
This is a giant Banyan tree in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. I saw it when I was on vacation. It is amazing, but, hard to capture in a picture.
World famous Banyan Tree - located in courthouse square - in the center of Lahaina -was brought to Maui from India when the tree was just eight feet tall!! It was planted in April, 1873 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Lahaina's first Christian mission. It is usually teeming with Mynah birds. It now stands over 60 feet high, has 12 major trunks in addition to a huge core. It stretches over a 200-foot area and shades 2/3 of an acre. It is one of the largest Indian Banyan trees in the world. You cannot easily photograph the entire tree!
Giant Banyan Tree4fingermalone, That sounds like a sexual act. "Hey, baby. What do you want to do tonight?" "Why don't you give me a 4fingermalone?"
I saw that tree as well while there - it is truly majestic.
There's a house in town I've always called Spooky House, that I've always loved. It looks like the cover of a kid's ghost story book. There is a knobby tree in front of it, a large and strange thing, and once when the house was for sale I got the fact sheet and whoever bought it had to agree to keep the tree. I'll have to try to remember to take a picture of it sometime.
The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, according to legend Robin Hood and his merry men used to hide out in it's hollow trunk. Though that couldn't have been this tree as it's not old enough, or would have justa sapling. Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story, and tourism though ;)
Interesting that the Angel Oak in the OP the branches touch the ground, you can The Major Oaks are supported, or they're weight would split the trunk.
Oh nice. I wish people would come around and prop up my parts as I get older.:p
BTW, it's "
their weight would split the trunk".
We have trees locally here called 'Moreton Bay Figs' which grow outwards like the ones above.
My kids love climbing on them.
Here's a pretty small one. They get much larger.
That looks like something out of a fantasy movie
Some of them are pretty spectacular that's for sure.
There are Moreton Bay figs in Adelaide's parklands and even around the cricket ground, at the back of the stand, providing shade for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of cricket watchers. I hope some are still there, there has been a fair bit of development.
ETA, google search indicates only a few token trees have been left, and the crowd now sit in the shade of the giant TV screen. But, I do love ancient gum trees.
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That would make the best treehouse!!!
We have trees locally here called 'Moreton Bay Figs' which grow outwards like the ones above.
My kids love climbing on them.
Here's a pretty small one. They get much larger.
I'm sorry, I must truly be sick, but does anybody else see Asian S&M porn here? Someone suspended upside down with legs spread?
Sicksicksick... sorry
Nope, I don't see it. I don't even see her breasts hanging toward her head from being upside down. :headshake
Damn, MoS, you need to get some. :doit: just some nice old fashioned consensual adult fun.
We have trees locally here called 'Moreton Bay Figs' which grow outwards like the ones above.
My kids love climbing on them.
Here's a pretty small one. They get much larger.
That's what the one in Cali is! Must have been imported?
When I was looking for a pic to share I did notice that there were a number of pics of them from the US. They're a pretty hardy tree, and not really very particular about soil type or anything. They pretty much grow like weeds where ever they take root.
Arizona Juniper.......
Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his troops slept under this tree.
Of course I picked up the beer cans they left there.
Damn tourists.......:rolleyes:
This thread needs a proper date amended.
It started with an oak, not a date.
Nonsense; it started with an acorn.
Arizona Juniper.......
Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his troops slept under this tree.
Of course I picked up the beer cans they left there.
Damn tourists.......:rolleyes:
That one looks like this one, hanging in my bathroom.
That one looks like this one, hanging in my bathroom.
There is a similarity....Mine was taken 11/07 in the southern Kaibab National Forest.......
Here.....I fixed mine for ya......
I felt pretty good about this picture until I saw yours was an Ansel Adams print......."We are not worthy":D
Just noticed a flaw in the original pic. Mods have already fixed the first one.