[Leica] Tuesday Trees

[cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter)]

the torure never stops

beautiful photos

ric


> On May 26, 2020, at 5:29 AM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Greetings to all.  I am going to start with an abstract of a Desert Willow
> growing in my backyard.  The morning sun hits the new foliage and makes a
> beautiful shape:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/Desert+Willow.jpg.html
> 
> I found this tree seemingly doing well growing in rocks; admittedly at the
> edge of Barton Creek which goes dry most of the year;
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/determined+tree.jpg.html
> 
> Austin sits on a large limestone bed formed when a sea/ocean covered this
> geographical area.  This image shows what determined trees can do with the
> layers that are more clay than limestone:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/cedar+grove+on+limestone+shelf.jpg.html
> 
> Continuing that same theme, this tree is doing fine in the same
> conditions.  What you are seeing is evidence of climate change a few
> million years ago.  Something prevented the various shellfish from dying
> and falling to the bottom of the seabed for a large number of years with
> only fallout from the sky and runoff from the land to deposit on the 
> seabed.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/advantage+found+in+the+clay.jpg.html
> 
> Interesting to note the vast limestone deposits in the Kansas/Missouri
> border around Kansas City do not show these clay layers but are limestone
> for tens to hundreds of meters.
> 
> All the best.
> 
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