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I had been watching this mule deer buck browsing through a forest for more than an hour when he yawned a couple of times and went and layed down. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
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Many people are starting to describe the loss of the massive BaoBab trees as "The Last March of the Wooden Elephants."
Baobabs thousands of years old could be succumbing to climate change, scientists fear. Botswana's Chapman's Baobab is the best-known victim of their sudden deaths. A national monument of Botswana, it was more than 82ft in circumference. On January 7 2016, its six trunks all collapsed and died.
Some of Africa’s oldest and most unusual trees have mysteriously started dying – and scientists think climate change maybe to blame. An exceptional number of baobabs, which are known to live for up to 2,000 years – and maybe longer – have died in the past 13 years, experts found.
Baobabs, also known as “dead rat” trees, after the shape of their fruit, are among the most distinctive plants in the world, with up to seven giant trunks that can look like pillars. They start growing as a single trunk but over time develops others. Thanks to their size, they contain hundreds of square meters of wood but have massive hollow centers.
Adrian Patrut, a Romanian professor of inorganic and radiochemistry, and colleagues used radiocarbon dating to analyze more than 60 of the largest and oldest baobab trees in Africa to try to find out how the trees could grow so large.
To their surprise, they found that since 2005, nine of the 13 oldest, and five of the six largest baobabs had either died or had their oldest parts collapse.
Their paper, published online this week in Nature Plants, suggests that climate change may be affecting the ability of the trees to survive.
Prof Patrut told The Independent that "El Nino - warm currents that travel east across the Pacific Ocean - had increased dry conditions over the past 20 years, leading to drought in Southern Africa, which was thought to be one factor in the trees’ demise." Further research is required to confirm their findings.
(Source: www.independent.co.uk)
This is the front lawn to the Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. The building is to the left of this scene. I took photos of it but due to the placement of the sun, it was pretty much all in shade.
As I was making my way back to the main road I noticed the sun peeking through the low hanging branches of this tree. So, to avoid leaving empty handed I stopped and grabbed this shot of the sunburst and enjoyed the shade from the tree for a few moments :-)
NS Eastbound Intermodal Train 24E passes through Control Point Embry in Lincoln, AL. with the New York Central Heritage SD70ACe NS 1066 leading the way.
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Ebony RW810, 300mm f/5.6 Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N, Arista .EDU Ultra 100 8x10
Processed in a unicolor drum, Kodak Tmax RS 1:9, Bronze toned in CS3
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I found this lone tree in the mountains just outside of Fort Davis, Texas. It really stood out as there were no other trees of that type anywhere.. I thought is was rather majestic looking. View On Black
Sorry, another 2010 shot but with the new camera. I found this beautiful tree and lined up against the sunset. Tweaked in Photoshop CS5. Hope you all enjoy the weekend! Maybe I'll be able to get out and do some shooting with the Nikon. :):):)
Trees, Alpine Terrain. North Cascades, Washington. September 10, 2017. © Copyright 2017 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
A group of small trees stands on the edge of a deep valley, Cascade Mountains, Washington
This is another photograph from my brief visit to Washington's North Cascades at Artist Point, high in the mountains at the end of the road between Mount Shuksan and Mount Baker. I had a free day, a rental car, and a forecast to relatively clear weather, so I went. The location is both popular and spectacular. The road ends at a very high point where snow still lay on the ground, and nearby are many trails, including the popular Artist Point trail that ascends a small rise nearby and offers excellent views in all directions.
There is a lot of intriguing stuff in this spot. Obviously the nearby alpine peaks with their extensive glaciers are impressive. Below there are two deep valleys leading away in opposite directions — one to the south towards a very large lake and the other to the north and leading to peaks on the Canadian border. The immediate terrain is alpine, with rocky areas (though less so that in the Sierra Nevada), small tarns, many plants, and small stands of beautiful trees that I believe are mountain hemlock. In this photograph one of those stands is positioned above the upper reaches of the valley that eventually leads south, and across this valley there are a few more trees, deeply eroded terrain, and some meadowy areas.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Eumyias sordida
Endemic to Sri Lanka
Dusky Blue Flycatcher
Horton plains national park - Sri Lanka
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A second time visit here, where I got some shots back in Autumn 2013. However, I really wanted a snowy backdrop next time, but will have to wait for that one.
HSS everyone, quite a lot of PP done on this one: 3XP HDR image, converted to black and white, the line of trees photo-shopped to increase amount and perspective and finally a little bit of mist and contrast reducing in the distance.
Lonely Tree at Cospuden Lake on a stormy day. Taken on Ilford Delta 400 @400 using a Canon EOS 300 with the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 (Art) lens. Seems as if I had slightly missed the focus. Self-developed in HC-110 Dil. B, Epson V850 Scan.
The Soap Berry tree got a little cavity in a twist and the grass seed found a home above the ground.
I didn't realize the impact this picket fence would have until I saw it on the big screen. My eye is drawn to the top of the fence's arch then back to the glassless window. I wonder what dreams where left behind that picket fence?
Happy Fence Friday and keep those dreams alive!
Yesterday morning the sun comming through the trees with the smoke from the campfire in the air. I love this!! We had fun camping, we went to Mammoth Caves in Kentucky. Cave shots comming later.
Island With Trees, Thinning Fog. San Joaquin Valley, California. January 30, 2018. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
Sunlight begins to illuminate a small wetland island as San Joaquin Valley tule fog thins
We all know that (apparently false) story about the number of words that Inuit people have for the myriad types of snow. I suspect that it would be possible to have a similarly diverse vocabulary of descriptions for fog, dependent upon its thickness, temperature, quality and color of light, tendency to move, effect on sound, time of day, season, persistence, and much more. Photographing in California is something of a laboratory in the nature of fog, in that we have so many types. Living in the San Francisco Bay Area I am very familiar with the type of fog created by the marine influence — often cold and gray and damp, and frequently a feature of the late-spring and summer months. Photographing Central Valley birds (and driving across the great valley while traveling to and from the Sierra Nevada) has given me ample opportunities to know the tule fog, mostly a winter phenomenon caused by cool and damp conditions over land.
On winter days when I photograph in the valley I experience transitions though many different types of fog and fog-light. I often start before dawn, when the fog and darkness can close the world down to what I can (barely) see in my headlights, or by the glow of commercial signs and streetlights as I pass through towns. Before sunrise the fog can glow in colors ranging from sky blue to the gaudy reds, oranges, yellows, and purples of first light on clouds above the fog. Eventually that color dissipates and the fog can simply become gray. Then, as it things (often from the top down), and light begins to filter down to the ground level, the colors of grasses and trees and water being to appear faintly.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Week 8 Technical: One Shot
I love passing this old tree every day to and from work. It is i beauty in all weather.