Posted by Earnest (Oklahoma, United States) on 15 April 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
This is a view of what happened to many of the trees in the crosstimbers after a rather large winter ice accumulation. This abandoned highway leads to a local lake. These limbs (mostly willows in this case) came down after being overloaded with ice. All trees were affected and for three days or so, the forest sounded as if there were cannons going off every few seconds as limbs broke and old trees fell. I'll never forget it. It was quite fun navigating this old road...
Wow! the power of nature, I'm not sure that anything like this, caused by ice has happened where I live, I'm not sure it gets cold enough but I could be wrong! A great capture Earnest.
15 Apr 2008 5:58am
Interesting weather story, just goes to show the effects of the weather. Nice sharp image by the way.
15 Apr 2008 6:22am
amazing!
15 Apr 2008 6:31am
Good photo to illustrate your story. We were once snowed in for a couple of days in Massachusetts, with heavy snow and ice. Trees fell across the road blocking our exit in both directions. Branches and trunks breaking sounded like shots, as you say. We, too, will never forget the experience.
15 Apr 2008 1:49pm
nice capture to go with your story... nature is amazing
15 Apr 2008 2:01pm
The intense clarity and detail of the photo is lovely.
15 Apr 2008 3:09pm
Well observed.
15 Apr 2008 3:14pm
This is amazing! I can imagine what it sounded like, years ago we had a bad ice storm and all you could hear were the trees breaking in the woods! Very scary! No heat, no power! Excellent shot!
15 Apr 2008 6:28pm
That’s an amazing event of Nature you relate there and, yes, I can imagine those sounds in the cold air. Will be interesting to see how the trees recover and/or how the landscape changes in the seasons ahead.
15 Apr 2008 7:51pm
Interesting story and great shot to illustrate it. Nature is a very powerful force to reckon with.
15 Apr 2008 9:37pm
Excellent
16 Apr 2008 3:39pm
I love getting out into places and scenes like this as much as I like photographing them. That's quite a powerful image, and I bet it was a fun day going out there.
17 Apr 2008 8:38pm
@Eric Fry: I'm in complete agreement. It's sort of like fishing, the being there and the exploration are 99% of the fun...
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