#mighty oak

[ourfriendsthejays]

Environs: Street tree. A mighty oak!

[clementime-artwork]

LIMIT BREAK!

[astralportalmultidimensional]

Oak tree, 10/05/2025

[marshmallowfairbanks]

Nature’s Palette

Marshmallow Fairbanks

Music: Peyton Parrish - “We Are Vikings”

[ahedderick]

When a tree is a whale

I saw a post within, say, the last couple of weeks, that compared fallen trees to whalefall. I liked the post so I could find it again . . because that is an amazing comparison! And, in terms of nutrients and small ecosystems, it really makes sense. However. Now that I hiked up the mountain to get pictures of my favorite example, I cannot find the original post.

Anyway. This is an Appalachian whalefall. And super-congrats to whoever first came up with that. I really wanted to credit them.

Based on local growing conditions, this tree was almost certainly well over three hundred years old. It fell about seven years ago.

I wish I could have gotten a photo with me in it for scale. These pictures don't do justice to how massive it is.

[mother-of-poetry]

[thegoodmorningman]

This is what I'm always saying. It's like how the value of the barrel all comes from the empty space inside it. Same like how you can't grab water. It's just like the way it is, man.

[nncastle]

Autumn splendor.