Brilliant gold foliage in Teton Valley, Idaho now with Aspen and Cottonwood trees showing their full color. A great time to be here! #tetonvalleyidaho #bestofthegemstate #driggsidaho #fallfoliageineasternidaho cynthia October 13, 2024 Uncategorized You Might Also Like Bobby Socks Trees, Yellowstone National Park. Several weeks ago we drove to Yellowstone for the weekend, and noticed these white bottom tree trunks. From Wikipedia we learned about the cause: “These are lodgepole pines that died by shifting hot spring run-off. By capillary action the trees soaked up mineral laden water, which colors their bases white and retards decay. Dissolved minerals in the water deposited a crust of white silica on the bottom of the dead trees and stumps. This silica, a non-crystalline compound, slowly impregnates the wood and over time, with the absence of oxygen, could eventually petrify the wood. These skeletons have stood here for decades.” #bobbysockstrees #yellowstonenationalpark #lodgepolepines May 9, 2024 Just arrived from #rolling_fatties. From the chrysalis on the molding. Three more there to hatch. #kingfieldmaine #rollingfatties #orcuttphotography September 4, 2022 Moss carpet is the rolling woodland base for much of the pathway into Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden on Mt.Desert Island in Maine. Direct sunlight streaks through the forest canopy, articulating the soft ground plane. #abbyaldrichrockefellergarden #mtdesertisland #downeastmaine October 4, 2023
Bobby Socks Trees, Yellowstone National Park. Several weeks ago we drove to Yellowstone for the weekend, and noticed these white bottom tree trunks. From Wikipedia we learned about the cause: “These are lodgepole pines that died by shifting hot spring run-off. By capillary action the trees soaked up mineral laden water, which colors their bases white and retards decay. Dissolved minerals in the water deposited a crust of white silica on the bottom of the dead trees and stumps. This silica, a non-crystalline compound, slowly impregnates the wood and over time, with the absence of oxygen, could eventually petrify the wood. These skeletons have stood here for decades.” #bobbysockstrees #yellowstonenationalpark #lodgepolepines May 9, 2024
Just arrived from #rolling_fatties. From the chrysalis on the molding. Three more there to hatch. #kingfieldmaine #rollingfatties #orcuttphotography September 4, 2022
Moss carpet is the rolling woodland base for much of the pathway into Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden on Mt.Desert Island in Maine. Direct sunlight streaks through the forest canopy, articulating the soft ground plane. #abbyaldrichrockefellergarden #mtdesertisland #downeastmaine October 4, 2023
