Northern Lights seen from our front yard in Driggs, Idaho last week. #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #bestofthegemstate #northernlights #auroraborealis 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 Grand Teton evening view from State Line Road between Driggs, Idaho and Alta, Wyoming. #bestofthegemstate #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #grandtetonfromthebackside December 7, 2023 I did the short hike into Reed’s Brook Falls just a few miles north of Kingfield, late this afternoon. The woods are wet and lush! #kingfieldmaine #reedsbrookfalls #franklincounty #summerinmaine July 13, 2024
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
Grand Teton evening view from State Line Road between Driggs, Idaho and Alta, Wyoming. #bestofthegemstate #driggsidaho #tetonvalleyidaho #grandtetonfromthebackside December 7, 2023
I did the short hike into Reed’s Brook Falls just a few miles north of Kingfield, late this afternoon. The woods are wet and lush! #kingfieldmaine #reedsbrookfalls #franklincounty #summerinmaine July 13, 2024
