#hurricane tree

[mudwerks]

Hurricane Tree, Nassau, Bahamas – c. 1890

This giant silk cotton (or Ceiba tree) was located near the public square. Called the largest tree in the world at one time, it is well built to survive the area's hurricanes.

[onmyowntwohands]

This fascinating image is partly down to nature and partly made by man.

The remarkable shape of trunk, branches and foliage was created by a combination of storm damage and scars left on the landscape by forestry machinery used to retrieve logs.

Swedish photographer Jocke Bergland took the shot while flying over Sweden documenting damage in the wake of Hurricane Gudrun in January 2005.

The image, entitled Hurricane Tree, won him The World In Our Hands prize at the Shell Wildlife Photographer Of The Year competition.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-411346/The-tree-forest.html#ixzz1DXqjvZgm