Tag: Trees
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Where I stand
After my comments in the previous posts on the Fall of man and Redemption of man, you may like to know where I stand. Well, I’m standing here under this tree and look up and think it’s beautiful. Through our observations of nature, and our thoughts and studies, we have come to a certain understanding…
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Mama, look!
A tree, a plant, so immense, how can that be! The amazement starts when coming near to the base of a giant sequoia and trying to imagine the size of its circumference. Next, looking up along its trunk and seeing no end to it: the top must be somewhere high up there, scraping the sky.…
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Living monuments
Americans are used to having things big: skyscraper buildings; paper mugs for coke or weak coffee in sizes big, bigger, biggest; and trees in dimensions that are unparalleled in the world. When we are walking in the midst of giant sequoia trees we suddenly feel tiny and humble. But it is not only the sheer…
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Floating Baobab
The decisive moment for this picture came only after it was taken. It occurred to me that it could be interesting to turn the photo 90° anti-clockwise, and that’s what you see here. It suddenly becomes intriguing: it looks as if the tree is floating on a perfectly still water surface, creating a crystal clear…
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And the guardian deity remains imperturbed
Are the tree roots going to destroy the Gopura or are they supporting the structure and preventing it from falling apart? I think they are doing both. The building can easily tolerate the slow advances of the tree, at first but after some time the roots start showing their destructive power. They loosen the coherence…
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