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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 shot isn't the best but it shows the Columbia River looking west from the steps to the viewing platform at the top of Larch Mountain.. I almost didn't get back down from up there..
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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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.
There was a bit about, I could spend much more time than I had available looking at this stuff, unfortunately there is always work to be done.
you didn't have to go far to escape
the foggy conditions along the coast
yesterday...a short drive up malibu canyon
and it was hot and sunny
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!
Flickr Explore #472 - Sept. 19, 2007
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Why tree of grief? This is the tree that caused me the grief. I saw it and stopped the car to take the photo. To get the angle I wanted I have to cross a dry creek. As I climbed down the rocky bank, I slipped and start tumbling down and the next minute I found myself face down on the dry rocky creek bed with my glasses knocked off my face with the hand holding my camera stretched forward trying to protect my camera. Yes my camera was saved but for the broken Lens hood. When I finally managed to get up and found my glasses, I had both knees bleeding with quite a big wound on both. My elbow and wrist were lacerated badly and bleeding. My Tag Heuer watch was broken beyond repair. However I managed to get up and undeterred I took a photo of this tree to see if the camera is still working, limped myself back to the car and cut my tour of the Flinders ranges short to head back for Sydney after having my wounds looked at.
Week 8 Technical: One Shot
I love passing this old tree every day to and from work. It is i beauty in all weather.
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Leica M3, M4
Summicron 50mm v.4
Summilux 35mm v.2
Fuji Velvia 50
Digisix2
Sunny 16
Epson v850 scanner