Cross section of a fallen redwood stump, perhaps hundreds of years old.
This week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Round
A slight repeat from #Wood but the Humboldt Redwoods State Park has many treasures. #FallenGiant
Located near the southern entrance of Yosemite National Park, the Mariposa Grove is the largest of the three groves and features 500 mature giant sequoias.
Sign reads: Life after death. Even after they fall, Sequoias endure. These trees resist decay, sometimes lasting for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood. #FallenGiant #Stumps
Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias
California.
In my various #RoadTrips to #Mountains #NationalParks #StateParks #Oceans and #Rivers I have found a constant fascination with fallen trees and stumps.
La Push beaches, located in Washington on the Quileute Reservation. Dozens of drift wood tossed up onto the shore show the power of the ocean.
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood. A field of #FallenGiant #Stumps La Push beaches, located in Washington on the Quileute Reservation.
In my various #RoadTrips to #Mountains #NationalParks #StateParks #Oceans and #Rivers I have found a constant fascination with fallen trees and stumps.
The Tree of Life is an iconic Sitka spruce in Olympic National Park, near Kalaloch Lodge, famous for defying nature by growing on a coastal bluff with its roots exposed, suspended over a cavern. This landmark symbolizes resilience, as it has survived erosion and storms for decades, though it has recently slumped due to ongoing erosion, and its future is uncertain as it continues to cling to life. Visitors come to marvel at its precarious position and take photos, but are asked not to climb on it. Key features Location: On the beach near Kalaloch Campground in Olympic National Park, Jefferson County, Washington. Appearance: A large Sitka spruce with a massive, exposed root system that appears to hang in mid-air over a small creek. Symbolism: Represents resilience, impermanence, and the power of nature, inspiring awe and wonder. Survival: It continues to grow and produce leaves despite the lack of soil, a phenomenon that defies typical biological understanding.
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood. #FallenGiant #Stumps
An almost iconic representation, the Tree of Life.
In my various #RoadTrips to #Mountains #NationalParks #StateParks #Oceans and #Rivers I have found a constant fascination with fallen trees and stumps. Not a stump yet, life clings.
Picture shows the large husk of a tree trunk, twisted but smoothed by the years, wind, and rain. Dark grays and and black veins cover its surface, maping the years past. In the background, there are some green trees and a few with leaves turning yellow as Autumn moves in.
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood. #FallenGiant #Stumps
I think this was from Yosemite Valley. In my various #RoadTrips to #Mountains #NationalParks #StateParks #Oceans and #Rivers I have found a constant fascination with fallen trees and stumps. This gnarled beauty being one.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood. #FallenGiant
Not quite petrified, but it's a start.
Redwoods Creek picnic area, Orick, California
Because the parks may not stay open, reopen, or even continue to exist, I'll be sharing some pictures from past trips to National and State parks. #MickTrip #RoadTrips #Mountains #Rivers #Oceans #NationalParks #StateParks #Camping
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood. #FallenGiant
Manzanita Lake, California
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.
Today's #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Wood. #FallenGiant #Redwoods
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
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Giants live for hundreds of years.
They take much longer to fade.
#FallenGiant
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How steeply the US has fallen. The ground trembles worldwide as the blocks of this colossal giant crash down upon us. It's heartbreaking 💔💔💔 #USPolitics #FallenGiant #CanadaStrong
