these MAY be a kind of "mammatus" cloud. severe weather was usually coming very soon whenever i saw this kinda cloud roll in.
Took a cool pic?
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these MAY be a kind of "mammatus" cloud. severe weather was usually coming very soon whenever i saw this kinda cloud roll in.
Something cool..right in my own backyard. BTW no trees were harmed in making this post :icon_cool:
Been passing this tree for 10 years. It's on a rather nondescript intersection in an ordinary part of town.
So, I finally stopped last week to take this pics..then looked on-line ..and behold this tree even has its own Facebook page.
Anyway, like the world's biggest ball of twine and other obsure record-holders, here's the world's biggest Bebb Oak. But unlike man-made attractions, this living thing may be older than America itself. How cool is that.
Last photo..I hung my keys and my watch on the trunk--about 8 inches apart -- for some scale. This tree's trunk has to be about 7 feet in diameter, and if I did my farmer's math right, that's about 22 ft in circumference.
On my bucket list -- the giant Sequoias out in California. When I take my Scenicruiser "Tour of America" I am finally going there.
Anybody been to the Seqouia National Park and got pics of the redwoods?
Been passing this tree for 10 years. It's on a rather nondescript intersection in an ordinary part of town.
So, I finally stopped last week to take this pics..then looked on-line ..and behold this tree even has its own Facebook page.
Anyway, like the world's biggest ball of twine and other obsure record-holders, here's the world's biggest Bebb Oak. But unlike man-made attractions, this living thing may be older than America itself. How cool is that.
Last photo..I hung my keys and my watch on the trunk--about 8 inches apart -- for some scale. This tree's trunk has to be about 7 feet in diameter, and if I did my farmer's math right, that's about 22 ft in circumference.
On my bucket list -- the giant Sequoias out in California. When I take my Scenicruiser "Tour of America" I am finally going there.
Anybody been to the Seqouia National Park and got pics of the redwoods?
300rag
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Not positive if this was the Sequoia National Park or not, but definitely in CA.
I have inserted a crew cab dually for scale
Those are BIG-a** trees. I dunno my CA "flora and fauna" well enough to ID them. maybe somebody here will chime in?
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Looking back, that is not in Sequoia, it is in northern California. It was on a day trip from Crescent City.
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I pass this one twice daily depending on my route between home and shop and also used to rent the house almost directly accross the street from it with some friends in my younger days.
i tried to buy the property on the SE corner 3-4 years ago..but I digress.:grin:
so as you know matt, you can't miss the thing at all driving through that intersection. and that big fifty foot branch to the west that almost touches the ground.
but i finally read the sign next to it, when i was a passenger in a car a couple years ago to figure out what its significance was. been thinking about checking it out ever since.
anyway i noticed a couple things.
first. it really looks OLD. deep furrows in the bark ("wrinkles"), limbs kinda knarled/bumpy ,etc. . ancient looking -- if that makes any sense?
second, the city/someone is keeping it up. no dead branches, no evidence of disease, its been pruned, etc.. and being right next to the road, no evidence it ever was hit be a vehicle (no wounds in the bark).
cool old tree.
so as you know matt, you can't miss the thing at all driving through that intersection. and that big fifty foot branch to the west that almost touches the ground.
but i finally read the sign next to it, when i was a passenger in a car a couple years ago to figure out what its significance was. been thinking about checking it out ever since.
anyway i noticed a couple things.
first. it really looks OLD. deep furrows in the bark ("wrinkles"), limbs kinda knarled/bumpy ,etc. . ancient looking -- if that makes any sense?
second, the city/someone is keeping it up. no dead branches, no evidence of disease, its been pruned, etc.. and being right next to the road, no evidence it ever was hit be a vehicle (no wounds in the bark).
cool old tree.
that's probably enough information for somebody here to identify the location? this link describes a redwood park near Crescent city: Jebediah Smith Redwood Park
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=413
and apparently there are quite a few state parks in Northern CA to see the big trees
http://www.visitcalifornia.com/feature/11-places-see-big-trees
Any of you folks who are interested/get a chance, the Perseids are visible now.
my cameras are for crap (can't do long exposures) but the viewing will be good next couple of nights...I am gonna try to get something and post here.
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...id-meteor-shower-promises-dazzle-week-n407916
my cameras are for crap (can't do long exposures) but the viewing will be good next couple of nights...I am gonna try to get something and post here.
http://www.nbcnews.com/science/spac...id-meteor-shower-promises-dazzle-week-n407916
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1Fury1
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It's called a sundog. See em often on the prairies on very cold clear days.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Figured it out. That was in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, in 1984.
73Coupe
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playing with my phone camera...
68-300
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our 2 galgos 2 weeks ago on the beach during vacation
what kind of camera did you use to catch the action? nice doggies BTW - didnt know that breed before today
68-300
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My wife took that pic with a CANON EOS 400D. Stormy weather on the beach(not the ideal vacation weather...)
Our 2 galgos (Spanish greyhounds) are rescue dogs, the one in front is 12 years old, the one in the back is 10 years old, they still love to run, just for fun.
Our 2 galgos (Spanish greyhounds) are rescue dogs, the one in front is 12 years old, the one in the back is 10 years old, they still love to run, just for fun.
polara71
Old Man with a Hat
Thats a serious tree
