01 January 2009

Amazing trees




Photos above selected from an album of about 80 images at Widelec (which includes the famous Angel Oak from South Carolina). A couple are 'shopped, and there are some examples of arbosculpture, but most are just impressive or beautiful trees.

1 comment:

  1. Stan -

    The first picture is of the Avenue of the Baobabs on Madagascar.

    From Wikipedia at
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_grandidieri

    "Adansonia grandidieri (Grandidier's Baobab), the grandest and most famous of Madagascar’s six baobabs, is an endangered species in the genus Adansonia. It is endemic to Madagascar. A.grandidieri is named to commemorate the French botanist and explorer, Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921).

    SteveGinIL

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