16 Of The Most Magnificent Trees In The World -

[Mira]

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I pulled out three of them for you to see

The other 13 are at this link
http://themindunleashed.org/2014/08/16-magnificent-trees-world.html




This one I have actually seen with my own eyes, one of my peak life experiences. I almost broke my camera taking pictures falling all over my feet circling it.

I'm editing this -happy you are enjoying the trees- to confess that I was so taken with the Angel Oak in Charleston that after I came home I painted a huge oil painting of it. Tomorrow morning I will post a photo of that painting. DU has seen my photos - but I've never shown you a painting.

OK - as promised I show you my painting of the Angel Oak. It was in a closet, it's about 10 years old, and I needed the wallspace. But I am glad to see it again.



The Angel Oak in South Carolina stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall and is estimated to be more than 1400 or 1500 years old. (Image credits: Daniela Duncan)



President, located in Sequoia National Park in California, stands 241 ft (73m) tall and has a ground circumference of 93 ft (28m). It is the third largest giant sequoia in the world (second if you count its branches in addition to its trunk). Do not miss the little red clad guy at the bottom - he made me chose this example - I could not believe it, only later did I notice the second guy near the top. (Image credits: Michael Nichols)



Beautiful Japanese Maple In Portland, Oregon

[niyad]

1. k and r with thanks for the beauty!

[rug]

2. Gorgeous!

[Mira]

3. Thanks!

I did not know just where to post these, but could not let them go. I so love beautiful trees!

[OregonBlue]

4. I love trees. Thank you. These are killer!!

[cyberswede]

5. Gorgeous! But I see 3 people in the sequoia photo

The caption mentions two, but I see a guy in yellow climbing halfway up.

[panader0]

16. Yeah...and the guy at the top seems much bigger than the guy at the bottom.

[cyberswede]

17. I thought so too - a perspective issue, perhaps?

If the photo were taken from a high vantage point, maybe?

[GoCubsGo]

6. More things to add to my bucket list.

I've seen the Angel Oak, too, as well as a few others that are a lot like it. And, I haven't seen the Avenue of the Oaks at Dixie Plantation, but my town has its own street lined with big, old live oaks, as do other towns here in the state. Seeing the Sequoias, baobabs and dragon's blood trees are already on my list. But, now I really want to see that wisteria, the rhododendron, and that flamboyant tree, as well as the others. That Japanese maple is gorgeous!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. Wow and Wow again!

[cantbeserious]

8. Thank You For Sharing

eom

[BlueJazz]

9. You know the guy on top? Look on his left about 1 inch down. There's a very large woman..

..in a black dress with a white shawl around her shoulders.

[Fred Sanders]

11. There is a guy in a yellow jacket and another in a green jacket in the tree, also.

[Mira]

12. I keep seeing more and more in the sequoia

The third way down or maybe a little less, I see a half of a woman's face now. Unreal. Huge eye and half of a mouth. None of this I saw when I picked it. Eerie!

[GentryDixon]

25. If you follow the guide line from the man

at the bottom you will find the man in the yellow jacket.

Lovely photos and painting. The depth on the painting is spectacular.

[BlueJazz]

13. Wow..Cool. also, I'm gonna' have to quit staring a it. I swear, I see the "Alien Mother" on one limb

Geez

[Fred Sanders]

10. And to think there are folks who think the Earth is here for Man to conquer and exploit.

The Sequoia is stunning, the Japanese Maple is unreal, in person the leaves look like shimmering silk.

[SunSeeker]

14. K & R

[Unknown Beatle]

15. Stunning beauty.

The living earth is full of natural wonders, but there are some willing to destroy all that is nature.

Thanks for posting these beautiful pictures plus the link.

[shenmue]

18. Wowzers

[pinboy3niner]

19. I just hope Jodie Foster doesn't see this

[packman]

20. Trees - beautiful memories, sad memories

grew up in a small Pennsylvania town that had trees lining the streets for 8 blocks on both sides, beautiful trees-some type of buck eyes and ones that had peeling barks and Oak trees. Presented a wonderland regardless of season. Bright green in Spring, full and dark with shade in Summer, breathtaking and a wonderland in the fall (still remember those orange and brown leaf piles and the autumn smell) and the snow laced on them in the winter created a winter wonderland.

Then in the 70's the town decided that they were a nuisance with lifting sidewalks and leaf clean-up and with birds nesting and crapping on the sidewalks and cars (I recall men shooting shotguns into the trees to kill the nesting birds ) and cut them all down. Now when I go back to visit it is a sterile, sun baked strip of block after block with forgotten memories. They took a bit of the soul of that town away when they did that removal. Ironically, they are now trying to plant trees in the "downtown" area to give the town an old-fashioned look.

[tartan2]

21. OMG thank you for sharing

mother nature's beauty!

[eppur_se_muova]

22. Oh, I thought these might be from this book ...

http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780393325294-4
click on the author's name to see some of his other books (several about trees).

[hobbit709]

23. The Big Tree near Rockport, TX.

http://www.texasescapes.com/TexasHistory/TexasHistoricTrees/Goose-Island-Oak.htm

[Enthusiast]

27. How completely wonderful!

[snagglepuss]

24. O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees,

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O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees,
I came along your narrow track
To bring my gifts unto your knees
And gifts did you give back;
For when I brought this heart that burns--
These thoughts that bitterly repine--
And laid them here among the ferns
And the hum of boughs divine,
Ye, vastest breathers of the air,
Shook down with slow and mighty poise
Your coolness on the human care,
Your wonder on its toys,
Your greenness on the heart's despair,
Your darkness on its noise.


Herbert Trench

[Enthusiast]

26. Kicked and recommended! Thank you, Mira.

I am an actual tree hugger. There is nothing so representative of the Earth's biosphere as a great majestic old tree.

[stage left]

28. beautiful!

I've seen the Angel Oak and it's impressive, but the Japanese Maple just blows me away! Thanks for posting.

[Mira]

29. Hurricane Hugo (I think it was Hugo)

Did a lot of damage to the Angel Oak. It broke my heart. I saw it before and after..

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. something about that giant sequoia especially gives me goosebumps.

love conifers.


Edit: just spent some time at the link. Entrancing!!!!!!!! Beautiful!!!!!!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

31. i love trees