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- Goodbyeworld, on 11/08/2007, -3/+55After seeing that, I want to go do something great with my life.
/sarcasm - blitzer, on 11/12/2007, -3/+54Lets cut it down and count the rings
- scooterbaga, on 11/08/2007, -5/+46Where is this tree. I want it dead! How dare it inpire people.
- SillyRabbits, on 11/09/2007, -7/+32I bet under those conditions it's very slow growth with lots of finely spaced rings. You could probably make a beautiful table out of it. :)
- DeskFlyer, on 11/08/2007, -0/+22And the tree was happy.
- Bukowsky, on 11/08/2007, -1/+21wow. How long has this tree been living like this?
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -4/+22i am inpired
- KokomoNYC, on 11/07/2007, -0/+14Damn, if that tree was human, it would probably be Rasputin.
- RJNavarrete, on 11/09/2007, -1/+15Do NOT become a motivational speaker. Please.
- ChromaVita, on 11/07/2007, -1/+14only trees,black people, and fake blondes have them.
- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -0/+1120 million years
- consoneo, on 11/07/2007, -0/+11Not sure, but I think this is the image, from his site... I couldn't see the original, cause it is not coming up.
http://www.harleygoldman.com/Harley_Goldman_Photog ... - radison2, on 11/07/2007, -2/+13the refections are all off
- Jerryskid02, on 11/08/2007, -0/+10Bob Ross would be thrilled!
- whyufail, on 11/07/2007, -1/+11in all fairness, it does look fake as hell, and I can't even see how its "hanging on" because there is nothing there to give perspective, so it just looks like a tree on a flat plane that was poorly shopped on
- jtbandes, on 11/07/2007, -0/+10A picture AND a (Photo)!? Oh my gods!
- Tomboys, on 11/08/2007, -3/+12Gorgeous!
- jbmcb, on 11/07/2007, -0/+9There's a crazier example at the pictured rocks in the upper peninsula of Michigan. There was a tree living on the edge of one of the big lakeside rock formations when a big chunk of the rock got blasted off one winter (the winters on lake superior are nasty - think of the Edmund Fitzgerald snapping like a twig) The tree still had roots going back onto the main rock formation, and stayed precariously alive on a 30' tall island of rock. Here's a pic I found:
http://www.chamaree.com/wp/wp-content/photos/treer ... - carpespasm, on 11/08/2007, -0/+9usually it takes a very long time for a tree or plant living in such a harsh condition to make any growth, so this thing could easily be several hundred years old and still just be a few feet tall.
- consoneo, on 11/07/2007, -0/+9As far as I can tell, that's the same link in the digg...
- purple, on 11/08/2007, -1/+8I am impired, and motvated by this tree.
- IllBeBack, on 11/07/2007, -2/+9It's true, it's very inpirational.
(sorry) - afidler, on 11/08/2007, -0/+6wow, you just didn't get it did you moron?
- rq60, on 11/07/2007, -2/+7your english is most unbearable.
- andywebb95, on 11/07/2007, -1/+6Hung in longer than this site.
- flangle, on 11/07/2007, -0/+4You go little tree!
Considering where it is growing, let not its size confuse you, this tree may be VERY old. It has to fight for every nutrient everyday. Quite an accomplishment. - ophello, on 11/07/2007, -0/+4http://utahrockclimbing.com/images/Zion_National_P ...
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve ...
http://www.gorzow.mm.pl/~bebelebe/Single%20Tree%20 ...
http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.lyons/images/tree-o ...
trees can grow through rocks, *****. - humanerror, on 04/03/2008, -0/+4Somebody get that guy some dirt
- colklink, on 11/07/2007, -2/+5I hope you are referring to this - http://xkcd.com/331/
- actionscripted, on 11/07/2007, -1/+4It does look totally Photoshopped, but if you zoom in on the rear roots you can see that they're clinging to / buried in the rock. Hence, "barely hanging on".
- riven, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3I can haz waters plz?
- Grumbleberries, on 11/07/2007, -2/+4Pics or it didn't happen.
- noahw, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Mirror: http://echopic.com/81j
- inactive, on 11/07/2007, -4/+6Here's a little history behind the photo. It was taken in Zion National Park (United States) by Harley Goldman. The guy has some great photos.
http://www.photoportfolios.net/portfolio/pf.cgi?a= ... - MeThePeople, on 11/08/2007, -6/+8way to make a typo while pointing out a typo
- itchytooth, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Hang in there little buddy!
- phuzzy3d, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2This tree is taking it's ***** land back.
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/angkor_ ... - d03boy, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Maybe this rock is porous/permeable. Any geologists out there?
- jeff303, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Mmmm, dessert tree
- comrademikhail, on 11/09/2007, -1/+3You guys definitely missed the xkcd reference.... http://xkcd.com/331/
- NapalmNewt, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2The rock looks like a sandstone, which is highly porous and fairly soft. Given enough time the tree's routes could burrow into the shallow rock surface. That would give it an extra bit of water when some rain hits. There's probably enough (although very little) nutrients in the sedimentary rock to keep the tree alive too.
- hammerattack, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Light in dry rock canyons is very diffuse. You'll only see a shadow if the object is within several inches of a surface.
- MrSlumberjack, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1It's actually called root wedging.
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/glossary/o_ ... - Livewire, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1it's an *ever* green, duh.
- ophello, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1its not shopped, trees grow like this in Zion national park.
im willing to bet that at least 95% of what you say is shopped is actually real. - hammerattack, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Then some drunk Syrian idiot backed into it with a toyota truck.
- ophello, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1its called an overcast sky.
- OMKMary, on 01/23/2008, -0/+1I have seen trees like this before. It's amazing where trees will grow. You should see some of the odd places in Kentucky where I visit the spirit rock trees farm.
http://www.spiritrocktrees.com - afidler, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1you mean normal size to the species? well what size would that be then? better yet, what species is it?
- colklink, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1no.
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