[Leica] Tuesday trees

[Don Dory]

Greetings to all.  We are going to begin with an idyllic image of a park
near me, a live oak shading a park bench:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/live+oak+and+bench.jpg.html

Now we are going back to Bastrop, TX where a large fire destroyed much of
the surrounding area.  Our friends in California will appreciate what
forest fires can do:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/fallen+burnt+pine+Bastrop.jpg.html

a close up of the capricious nature of fire:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/burnt+log+surviving+wood.jpg.html

An example that heartwood can remain even though the tree has burned around
it:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/heartwood+and+fire.jpg.html

And a closer look at how heartwood resists fire:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Tuesday+Trees/heartwood+remains.jpg.html

all the best.


-- 
Don
don.dory at gmail.com
-- 
Don
don.dory at gmail.com