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Trees have been around for about 370 million years, and as you can from these incredible pictures, there's a good reason why they've survived for so long. Whether they're growing in the middle of gale-force winds, on the tops of rocky platforms, inside concrete tunnels, or even growing out of each other, these beautiful trees know how to survive in places where no other life finds a way. Which explains why the planet is host to around 3 trillion adult trees that cover an estimated 30% of the earth's land. Considering that plants produce the vast majority of the oxygen that we breathe, we should all think ourselves very fortunate that these cool trees are as resilient as they are. We wouldn't even be here if they weren't.
Now scroll down and check our list filled with unbelievable photos - from old trees clutching to life to big trees growing in desolate places and tree roots finding their way through pavements, the beauty of our Mother Nature is truly stunning. (h/t: twistedsifter)
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#1
A Place Of Enchantment
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
This is really gorgeous and also the perfect type of tree to be at that spot, in my opinion
Abur Felix 8 years ago
Manwhile, while humans are still tinkering with cloning and stem cells...
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#2
This Palm Tree Fell Over And Curved Right Back Up
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
"They said I could become anything! So I became an elephant trunk!"
Yang Yue 8 years ago
People can influence tree growth by using a plastic mould to curve its growth. People are already using this principle to grow chair!
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#3
The Only Tree That Survived The Tsunami In Japan Between 70,000 Trees. Today Protected And Restored
Super Cat 8 years ago
Great !It is awesome to see someone do something nice for mother nature every now and then !
Intensive Panda 8 years ago
It seems that Japanese are one of few cultures that appreciate and care for nature
Kim Lorton 8 years ago
Bend in the storms, ride the wind and waves, stay rooted in the soil, no matter what. I am an example of life and the ability to survive.
#4
This Tree Fell Over And Grew 4 More Trees Out Of Itself
FHKW 8 years ago
It's a lot more common than you might think. If you walk in the forest look for this and for rows of trees in a straight line where the parent log has disappeared. You might be surprised at how many you find.
Judy Semmens 8 years ago
Many forests planted by humans have rows of trees in a straight line. Sorry, that's not a reliable indicator.
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Sally Vogel 8 years ago
We call these "nurse trees" here in the Pacific Northwest. Seedlings from other trees grow on the fallen tree. The other tree did die but gave nourishment to new life.
Jennifer Wedeking 8 years ago
This is why they don't remove a redwood when it falls over. They'll regrow from a fallen one.
Ryebread the White 8 years ago
Nursery log. The fallen tree is probably dead and is providing nutrients to new trees. Happens a lot but many people have not heard of it
#5
Tree Of Life - Olympic National Park, Washington
Out of chocolate 8 years ago
Yah, all of my extra legs kind of her in the way and just dangle.
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Marie-Louise Chenois 8 years ago
Would be afraid to get below it and that it'd fall right then...
Valerie Mantz 8 years ago
This is my favorite stretch of beach on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington!
#6
A Tree's Root Spill Over The Sidewalk
Marianna Eros 8 years ago
Makes me wonder what is under the sidewalk and tree that the roots can't grow down?
#7
Nature FTW
Dessteen Plaza 8 years ago
Dude, I wouldn't have thought to say that. That's genius! Thumbs up! 🐶
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Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Some how I can hear a mom asking why the #$*@ pick a rock when there are acres of nice ground to live in.
Edson Luvizotto 6 years ago
Espalhe o amor como sementes ao vento, mesmo que as sementes caiam nas pedras, mesmo que não haja solo fértil em suas rachaduras, elas brotam e ainda dão frutos aos necessitados.
#8
I Found A Tree Growing Through Speed Limit Sign
Hans 8 years ago
Clever tree actually...ultimate protection. It will be fascinating to see if the growth will be so strong to burst the post...
Anna Thouvenin 8 years ago
It's highly unlikely because the pressure to burst a square metal pole must be enormous, especially on such a long surface. It's less effort for the tree to grow up and simply extend on the upper part, so that's the way it will go. The only way the tree could surpass the pole would be during winter (thanks to metal contraction and freezing), but trees barely grow during that time. Yes engineers are fun at party :|
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Intensive Panda 8 years ago
would be nice if it would let some branches grow through the holes
Krystine Patterson 8 years ago
What are the chances of a seed germinating in that exact spot and then having enough light to keep reaching for the sky...I love it when plants do this.
#9
This Tree Still Has Its Leaves Because Of The Light Shining On It
N G 8 years ago
This is due to the rarely know fact that trees only shed their leaves when think no one is looking.
Chetan Kumar 8 years ago
No, it's due to the well known fact that halogen lamps can replicate sunlight.
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Chaz Sutherland 8 years ago
It's actually thinking, "For the love of Pete. Someone turn off that stupid light. I need to get some sleep!!"
#10
This Tree That Refuses To Die
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
"They can take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!" William Wallace
Jacek Rubinstein 8 years ago
The Crooked Forest (Polish: Krzywy Las), is a grove of oddly-shaped pine trees located outside Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomerania, Poland. Each pine tree bends sharply to the North just above ground level, then curves back upright after a sideways excursion of three to nine feet (1–3 m). It is generally believed that some form of human tool or technique was used to make the trees grow this way, but the method and motive are not currently known. Others surmise that a snowstorm could have knocked the trees like this, but to date nobody knows what really happened to these pine trees krzywy-las...0ef9aa.jpg 
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I have followed this "mystery" as new ideas come to light. Thank you. I'm going over to wikipedia to learn some more 'useless' info. ( the tale of Druids is a favorite)
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#11
Life Finds A Way
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I can Hear the tree making heavy grunts trying to climb that mountain.
Prashant Chaudhary 8 years ago
Well, very thoughtful. There is always that right time to expand. First, creep to the top and then show your colours.
#12
Tree Roots Extend Across A Gap To The Mainland For Nutrients
Andrew Doolan 8 years ago
This piece of sandstone was connected to the other side when the tree began to grow, it has been eroded away over many years by wind and rain. Tree roots cannot grow like this without support. This is a biological fact, not just another magical idea, trust me, I have spent most of my life studying life on this planet and learn something new every single day, I recommend it highly. This is a great photo.🙄
Prashant Chaudhary 8 years ago
Well, how did the tree come to know there are nutrients on the other piece of land. Eyes? Feel? Both? Research? Yes!
#13
Striving
HauntedForests 8 years ago
''I watch the city burn, these dreams like ashes float away" Song name- Let It Burn
Ana Rosa Aras 4 years ago
Vi uma reportagem uma vez, de que depois de um tempo de uma erupção vulcânica, começou a surgir plantas despontando debaixo da larva. A larva é rica em substancias que ajudam 'o solo a se regenerar. A terra se auto regenera. E impressionante.
Ana Rosa Aras 4 years ago
Uma vez vi uma reportagem, sobre a erupção vulcânica que dessimou tudo a sua volta, com o tempo, passou a brotar plantas novamente. Isso me deixou impressionada, primeiro porque a larva é rica em produtos para o solo, e segundo o planeta se regenera,
#14
Ta Promh Temple In Cambodia
just a thought 8 years ago
Omg ! That's the first thing I thought when I saw this pic !
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Tom Bender 8 years ago
My memory from almost 50 years ago is that the big root on the left used to go out through the doorway on the left and into the ground!
Sadie McFarlane 8 years ago
The ficus trees are slowly destroying the temple - in many places, the entire structure would collapse if they were removed, but their growth pushes the blocks apart... It's fortuitous that it's a Buddhist temple, because it's a particularly beautiful example of the transience of all things...
#15
Life Finds A Way
Benicio del Pilitch 8 years ago
well, it actually is an authentic bonsai - you go lil' tree ! <3
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Chuck DeRouen 8 years ago
Being a photographer myself and always wondered why I have never come across such wonderful shots. Well done.
Chuck DeRouen 8 years ago
Amazing shot. Never have come across such unusual shots in all my years. Very good pick.
Jeannie Carle 8 years ago
Please, humans - leave this strong, determined beauty alone!!! Or move it gently!
#16
My Grandpa Hung His Skates On A Small Tree When He Was Younger. He Forgot He Had Left Them There And Found Them Years Later
Joelle Jansen 8 years ago
It's great that the tree worked its way around this, but please don't replicate! It's not very good for the tree.
Prashant Chaudhary 8 years ago
Grandpa did not tell you a secret. The tree told him that it looked the skates. Grandpa gave them. Good grandpa.
Claire Kidd 8 years ago
As someone else said, please don't try this yourself. It is damaging for the tree. Also this story seems a bit hard to believe.
Lindsay Ameye 8 years ago
The tree was so happy with the gift that it is treasuring it forever.
#17
A Tree Growing On Another Tree
Baroto2 Samsung 8 years ago
It was the bird who put the seed to the branch of the big tree.... God is awesome
Kristi Zoebelein 8 years ago
Wouldn't that make the bird the awesome one?
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Victoria Pietsch 8 years ago
This looks like the big tree just made a little friend he carries with him. Someone, please make a cgi animation of that.
#18
This Tree Grew Out Of The Stump Of A Dead Tree And Then The Stump Rotted Away
Stefany Blount 8 years ago
I would expect that tree to chase me. It is very creepy.
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#19
A Tree Grows From Third Floor Window
Ruth Meszaros 8 years ago
Someone should rescue that lovely tree and replant it in a proper site.
Miruna Copoiu 8 years ago
this makes me kind of sad. i just hate the people who let the buildings get to ruins and meanwhile there are homeless people or people who struggle with low space...
#20
Life Finds A Way
Elizabeth Butler 8 years ago
You mean if there's a little water, there's a way...for a tree
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Kevin Perry 8 years ago
"Life Finds A Way..." until the full effects of Global Climate Change hit...Soon...
#21
This Wooden Chair My Parents Bought Started Sprouting Leaves
Krista Leary 8 years ago
Plant it! Plant the whole chair! It'll produce may more chairs for generations to come :)
Ged Maybury 8 years ago
The Throne of Wands. (You'll need to know your Tarot to get that one.)
#22
I Spent Ages Staring At This Tree Before Taking This Pic. I Hope You Find It As Fascinating As I Did
Luis Pinto 8 years ago
an incredible tree , on a brilliant location // https://www.google.ie/maps/@51.9681869,-9.595424,3a,78.9y,209.51h,99.58t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipNXHCeErhqybOazlqhf24WT-59dEND03YFY1SaS!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNXHCeErhqybOazlqhf24WT-59dEND03YFY1SaS%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya14.072921-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!9m2!1b1!2i22
deborah darsie 8 years ago
If only it could communicate the things it has seen, heard and felt.
#23
This Floating Island That Grew At The End Of A Partially Sunken Tree
#24
This Tree Is Growing Out Of Another Tree
Daria B 8 years ago
Like the legend of the Phoenix - all ends with beginnings, yeah... ♬♪
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#25
One Tree On My Street Refused To Accept Winter
Prashant Chaudhary 8 years ago
He's a monk tree. Cut from the present into some unknown domain.
Manuela Simon 8 years ago
"Hey winter, you are too early, we still have October, so it is fall / autumn season!"
#26
My Sister's Tree Is Eating Her Fence
Kori K. Warriner 8 years ago
Couldn't they have just used googly eyes instead of cutting out of the tree?
Heather Keedy Bateman 8 years ago
It has a FENCE growing through it, and you're worried about the surface for two small eyes?
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#27
The Old Piano Tree
Martti Laurson 8 years ago
This piano is put there later. There is no way it would be in such a great condition. That tree looks pretty old. Plus you can see how neatly the cover is sawed.
Claire Kidd 8 years ago
So someone went to the top of the tree to thread down the piano over it? That would be impossible with the branches. The keyboard bit is still attached and intact so that's the only way your theory works...
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Christian Cullen 8 years ago
This piano was built around the tree on the campus of Cal State University Monterey Bay. It was on a disc golf course until vandals destroyed it.
Monika Soffronow 8 years ago
An interview with the artist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-lrzNrnHtE&feature=youtu.be&list=LL265bGyV0Rotkb_U_83TIQw
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Miruna Copoiu 8 years ago
this makes me sad... why would someone just leave a good piano outside, long enough for that tree get so big? i hate people who do not take care of things... but who knows the story behind this...
Kevin Perry 8 years ago
Peace & Love Peace & Love. ooh, and it looks like someone drew a cannabis leaf on it, too.
#28
Life,Uh... Finds A Way
Ana Rosa Aras 4 years ago
Eu aprendo com essa imagem, que por mais que os problemas, desafios venham, existe sempre uma saída. A natureza é prova disso. Somos ensinados por meio dela
Ari Niemelä 8 years ago
Movie should be made from that. It could be called like 356 408 hours.
Gillian Black 8 years ago
now that is one serious tree and ready to put up with any thing to get to the top
#29
Trees On A Tree
#30
This Tree Grew Around A Stone Sculpture Of A Face, Making It Appear As If There Is A Green Man Trapped Inside
#31
This Tree Is Tenacious
#32
This Tree Growing Through A Fence
Kevin Perry 8 years ago
A neighbor put up one of these fences. He didn't know that two sisters owned these houses before and planted three trees ON THE FENCE LINE, so his fence guy bent the top support bar and now about 5 years later, the trees are pushing this cyclone fence way out of shape. A cyclone fence on my street. sheesh.
#33
HK Forbes Street Kennedy Town Stone Wall Trees
Intensive Panda 8 years ago
and now my phobia of falling things is here again :-| imagine that tree fall down on you while waiting for the bus
Faith Arnold 8 years ago
When you have a phobia it helps to actually take a good look. A good look would tell you that, with all those roots hanging on, those trees are never gong to fall - until the wall falls - and that wall looks pretty damned strong.
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#34
The Way This Palm Tree Fell And Continued To Grow
Imperfekt 8 years ago
Wow, it made itself the center piece within its own self made border for its own little garden.
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#35
A Little Tree On The Sidewalk
#36
20+ Year Old Tree Growing Out The Top Of A Silo
Tina Newby 8 years ago
My weight loss success story, "Look, you could fit tree of me in here!"
#37
Trees Winning Against Concrete In Hong Kong
Adriana E. Henricy 8 years ago
this is just so beautiful. Reminds me of post-apocalyptic movies when nature takes over when man left.
#38
The Way This Tree Ate This Bench
Alex (TheSarcasticSister) 8 years ago
Looks to me like the bench is a part of a face. The little things that slightly stick over the bench are the eyebrows, below those are the eyes, and then the actual seat is the mouth
#39
This Tree Grew Around A Fire Hydrant
Michel M. Prins 8 years ago
On the plusside, the neighbourhood is probably very fire safe, since they didn't have the need to use it at all
Erin Zelnio 8 years ago
That particular fire hydrant may no longer be active, so the city decided to leave the tree. Otherwise they cut them down.
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Eleanor Orser 8 years ago
What city is this? They obviously don't have enough Public Operations workers to check these hydrants out and ensure they work.
Ana Rosa Aras 4 years ago
O hidrante que éstava no lugar errado, mas a árvore conseguiu dividir espaço.
Carol Zegarski 8 years ago
Can the tree got a paper ticket, wouldn't that be police brutality?
#40
This Tree's Roots Grew Up Through The Gaps In The Paving Stones
#41
This Tree Is Completely Hollow, Yet Still Very Much Alive
Linda Brown 8 years ago
I sort of have this hollow feeling, like I'm empty inside. Maybe I'll just pig out on some food so I won't feel so empty
#42
The Famed "Bicycle Eaten By A Tree" Tucked In The Woods Right Off The Vashon Highway On Vashon Island, Washington
KT Trondsen 8 years ago
wow. Must have leaned their bike against it a long time ago and forgot to get it back
Laurie Lonnevik 8 years ago
Because it became famous, said bike was stolen. 😾 Vashon was my childhood home
#43
There's A Little Tree Growing On This Telephone Pole
Ana Rosa Aras 4 years ago
Imagino o processo de como aconteceu. A semente trazida por um pássaro ou vento, recebeu chuva e sol é se desenvolveu.
#44
This Tree Refuses To Die
#45
Life Finds Its Way
#46
Ta Prohm, Cambodia
Viviane Silva 8 years ago
once I saw trees that were shaped like steps, we could climb from one tree to another easily . So cool!
Pat Graham 8 years ago
Cephalopod aliens on a tour of an abandoned earth. "What curious creatures those ancient earthlings were!"
#47
This Tree Branch Spiraled Through The Chain Link Fence
#48
Tree Growing Under Paint
FAKENAME FAKENAME 8 years ago
And directly below this image I see an ad that says "good afternoon"
Eirik Guttulsrud 8 years ago
I'm almost more impressed the paint hasn't cracked and flaked around the roots
#49
This Tree Grew Inside This Brick Silo And Looks Like A Carrot
#50
Palm Tree Grew Through An Oak Tree
Elle Campbell 8 years ago
More likely, the oak tree was touching the palm tree and surrounded the palm as it grew .
Alessandro Matthews 8 years ago
It's probably more likely that the oak tree gave the palm tree a bear hug
Victoria Pietsch 8 years ago
This is the Great War of trees. Years ago, the oaks demanded a battle against the palms. Well, today, the battle of this parking lot has clearly been one. Palm trees have the advantage, but the war shall continue , and we shall see how it carries out.
#51
Mildly Interesting Tree I Saw In Philadelphia
Wyndmere 8 years ago
No, the tree ate the fence they built to protect it.
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#52
The Tree Fell, But The Branches Grew Into Trees
Sara Solomon 8 years ago
Is that a birch tree attached as well? It's an adoptee that it closest to the main root system. Just saying.
#53
This Pine Tree
Victoria Pietsch 8 years ago
This is really cool. You can see where the ground was when the tree first had roots, and then erosion of the soil left it standing above it.
#54
This Big Tree Ate Some Wall Bricks
deborah darsie 8 years ago
I wonder if there was a mailbox or outside light on a brick column overtaken by this awesome sycamore
Barbara Johnson 8 years ago
Makes one imagine all of the "secrets" that trees can carry into the future. A place with houses, etc., taken over completely by trees would carry many more interesting history markers than archeologists find in the trees today.
#55
This Tree Fell Over And Grew 7 New Trees
#56
This Tree Is Barely Holding On After The Cliff Eroded Away
Lazy Panda 8 years ago
Something tells me that even if the entire tree just fell off the edge, If would find a way to survive and keep growing even after
#57
Life Finds A Way
Sherri Mantooth Bagwell 8 years ago
Talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place....
#58
Trees Growing On An Abandoned Bridge
Chris Macosko 1 year ago
The locals call this tree Fred. They light it up at Christmas. There is even a children's book about Fred. How he encouraged us by surviving the hurricane in 2017.
#59
Life Always Finds A Way
#60
This Tree Grew Inside This Brick's Hole
#61
A Tree Is Growing On The Side Of This Building
Cristy Cable 8 years ago
Spider Tree, Spider Tree, does whatever a Spider Tree does.
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#62
A Tree Growing On Another Tree
#63
This Tree Fell Over But Continued To Grow
Maria Rosen 8 years ago
If this picture is in North America, it's likely to be a Trail Tree, a Native American version of direction-signs. (Seriously, look it up!)
L.A. Holloway 2 years ago
I came here to say this as well! It's a marker tree! ♥
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Roisin Carey 8 years ago
If you tilt your head it looks like a dog digging a hole in the ground.
Beverly Palmacci 8 years ago
Looks like someone with a bony butt stuck his head in the ground....forever.
#64
This Tree Grew Through A Rock
FullSpectrum Survivalist 8 years ago
Looks like the tree is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
#65
"Life, Uh, Finds A Way."
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
Some one left their belongings when they moved out and one happened to be a potted tree.
#66
This Tree
Susann Campbell 8 years ago
This is why Forest Rangers do not want you to burn gathered wood. Bring your own and let the forest do it's thing.
#67
Encapsulated
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Nope! Nope! Nope!. Reminds me of Sleepy Hollow movie with Johnny Depp.
#68
This Tree Didn't Quit When It Fell
#69
This Tree Forked, Then Grew Back Together
Nicky OldfieldDesciple 8 years ago
It's like that old Peaches and Herb song "Reunited and it feels so good "
#70
This Tree Is Growing Out Of The Side Of A House
M O'Connell 8 years ago
Judging by the style, the wall is old enough to have lime mortar in there, and the facade is really on the verge of falling off. Tuck-pointing might not be enough to save this one.
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That's not good, structurally. I foresee a wall collapse in the future.
#71
A New Tree Growing On A Old One Seattle, Wa
#72
Tree Finds A Way
#73
Tree Growing On A Roof In Panama City
Cristy Cable 8 years ago
I think it was probably a bird pooping on the roof.
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#74
Wooden Door
#75
Tree Growing Out Of Gutters On A Roof My Buddy Went To Fix
#76
Scars On A Tree After Growing Through This Fence
FAKENAME FAKENAME 8 years ago
Well at least trees don't have nervous systems and therefore can't feel pain. Regardless they don't feel pain because they aren't sentient
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Nature Is Strange
#78
This Building Has A Tree Growing Out Of It
#79
Strength
Sara Solomon 8 years ago
You paid me to demolish the building. I didn't give you a time frame.
#80
Life Finds A Way
#81
Fallen Tree Refuses To Die And Spouts Three New Trees
#82
This Tree Fell Over And Grew 2 More Trees
#83
This Tree Fell Over But Some Of Its Roots Were Left Intact, So The Branches Have Kept Growing, Acting Like Trunks
#84
This Tree Grew Through The Fence
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What do you think ?
Intensive Panda 8 years ago
Maybe that's why "lost places" amaze me - when nature takes everything back we took from her without asking. She takes it gently and slowly but steady, as she has infinity to do so
Kirsten Preston 8 years ago
Ther Nature reclaims her ground eventually if allowed. What a collection of tree pics, love them all :-)
mcborge1 8 years ago
I have a eucalyptus that grew to 18ft before being felled by strong wind ripping its roots out of the ground. Instead of dying the trunk started sprouting roots along it's length and the side branches started growing upright... now it is taller (and far wider) then it was before it fell.
TheOther Left 8 years ago
In the woods behind my house is a tree eating an oven rack. P_20170815...7-jpeg.jpg 
Tibboh Oblib 8 years ago
Don't really see, nor know why, but those pics are heart-warming ! I'm in love.. Fav.
Intensive Panda 8 years ago
Maybe that's why "lost places" amaze me - when nature takes everything back we took from her without asking. She takes it gently and slowly but steady, as she has infinity to do so
Kirsten Preston 8 years ago
Ther Nature reclaims her ground eventually if allowed. What a collection of tree pics, love them all :-)
mcborge1 8 years ago
I have a eucalyptus that grew to 18ft before being felled by strong wind ripping its roots out of the ground. Instead of dying the trunk started sprouting roots along it's length and the side branches started growing upright... now it is taller (and far wider) then it was before it fell.
TheOther Left 8 years ago
In the woods behind my house is a tree eating an oven rack. P_20170815...7-jpeg.jpg
Tibboh Oblib 8 years ago
Don't really see, nor know why, but those pics are heart-warming ! I'm in love.. Fav.
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