[Leica] Tuesday trees

[Jim Nichols]

The first one for me!

I wonder how many generations of kids have climbed on those limbs?

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/2/2019 3:22 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> 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.
>
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