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Tolkien's Muse

GhostWorks Texture Competition #57

 

Texture with thanks to Skeletal Mess

 

The huge Austrian Pine in Oxford University's Botannic Garden was apparently Professor J R R Tolkien's favourite tree. It is said to have inspired his "Ents" characters (walking, talking tree-men of Middle Earth) from the "Lord of the Rings" tales.

 

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Uploaded on March 27, 2012
Taken on March 27, 2012