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A Perfect Motivational Picture; That's One Hell of a Tree (Photo)

photoportfolios.net — I can't imagine how this tree hung in there all this time.

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  • Tomboys, on 11/08/2007, -3/+12Gorgeous!
    • pwner84, on 11/07/2007, -7/+0Baked Beans
    • Hobbes24, on 11/07/2007, -3/+3how? there's nothing in the photo to give it context. couldn't they have panned back? or included something for perspective? you can't really tell what the ***** going on in the picture.

      buried.
    • macaca, on 11/07/2007, -3/+2Gorgeous photoshop.
  • MikeonTV, on 11/07/2007, -23/+4fakeshopped
  • Bukowsky, on 11/08/2007, -1/+21wow. How long has this tree been living like this?
    • pwner84, on 11/08/2007, -0/+1120 million years
    • blitzer, on 11/12/2007, -3/+54Lets cut it down and count the rings
    • 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.
    • jtbandes, on 11/07/2007, -0/+10A picture AND a (Photo)!? Oh my gods!
    • Livewire, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1it's an *ever* green, duh.
    • d03boy, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Maybe this rock is porous/permeable. Any geologists out there?
      • 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.
  • whojaybe, on 11/07/2007, -21/+3well, this picture does look pretty professional... maybe kind of fake?
  • pedrovoltaire, on 11/07/2007, -16/+3that's the most pathetic tree i've ever seen...
  • 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. :)
  • scooterbaga, on 11/08/2007, -5/+46Where is this tree. I want it dead! How dare it inpire people.
  • 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.
  • zaibatsu, 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= ...
    • consoneo, on 11/07/2007, -0/+9As far as I can tell, that's the same link in the digg...
  • DeskFlyer, on 11/08/2007, -0/+22And the tree was happy.
  • KokomoNYC, on 11/07/2007, -0/+14Damn, if that tree was human, it would probably be Rasputin.
    • PatoLucas, on 11/07/2007, -1/+1It's obvious it would be Chuck Norris
  • pwner84, on 11/07/2007, -9/+4Even if your in the most unbearable conditions, success is possible if you believe.
    • RJNavarrete, on 11/09/2007, -1/+15Do NOT become a motivational speaker. Please.
    • rq60, on 11/07/2007, -2/+7your english is most unbearable.
    • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 11/07/2007, -3/+1Hey I'm in a bad situation. Now I'm believing that I'm successful. Am I successful now? Hell no I'm not. Get the ***** out of here with your passive *****. You don't become successful by just wishing it.
  • Goodbyeworld, on 11/08/2007, -3/+55After seeing that, I want to go do something great with my life.

    /sarcasm
    • Szat, on 11/08/2007, -4/+1You must have a pretty pathetic life then.
    • Takteek, on 11/07/2007, -1/+1I think something is wrong with me. Seeing this tree just makes me depressed. Someone should go give it some soil or something.
  • brainboy77, on 11/07/2007, -16/+6i'm sorry but shopped. big time.
    • 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.
  • donaho, on 11/07/2007, -2/+2They are called roots.
    • ChromaVita, on 11/07/2007, -1/+14only trees,black people, and fake blondes have them.
  • radison2, on 11/07/2007, -2/+13the refections are all off
    • colklink, on 11/07/2007, -2/+5I hope you are referring to this - http://xkcd.com/331/
      • AmICoolNow, on 11/07/2007, -4/+2Jesus Christ. Does everyone have that link permanently copied to their clipboard?
        Every time there's a picture story someone makes that reference, then someone links to it, so they can explain the ***** joke. It was funny the first time, but it's dead now. Leave it that way.
    • 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
      • 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".
  • 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 ...
  • PeteBeast, on 11/07/2007, -13/+6This image has been Digitally Enhanced by... its ***** fake.
  • PresidentGas, on 11/07/2007, -6/+4Thats what she said
  • rayefrenzy, on 11/07/2007, -12/+6I like how everyone's digging down the comments that say its shopped.

    well, guess what, that's most certainly shopped.

    /waits to be dugg down.
  • andywebb95, on 11/07/2007, -1/+6Hung in longer than this site.
  • naterpoke, on 11/07/2007, -10/+4photoshop'd
  • noahw, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Mirror: http://echopic.com/81j
  • wafu, on 11/07/2007, -11/+12Definitely photoshopped. The reflections are all wrong.
  • TheRealM3D, on 11/07/2007, -3/+2Main page for 26 minutes and its farked... uhh.. I mean Digg-effect.

    *whistles*
  • koonchu, on 11/07/2007, -8/+2shopped 100%
  • itchytooth, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2Hang in there little buddy!
  • Grumbleberries, on 11/07/2007, -2/+4Pics or it didn't happen.
  • vbgtaylor, on 11/07/2007, -3/+1trees grow like this all time, not sarcastic

    i have seen

    may be it was a bit enhanced, color, but real

  • humanerror, on 04/03/2008, -0/+4Somebody get that guy some dirt
  • 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 ...
  • bauxzaux, on 11/07/2007, -1/+0Why does everyone think it's a small tree? looks normal size to me.
    • 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?
  • osbjmg, on 11/07/2007, -3/+2simpsons did it
  • riven, on 11/07/2007, -0/+3I can haz waters plz?
  • afidler, on 11/07/2007, -1/+1has anyone found another pic of this tree to prove whether it's real or not? while it seems real and possible, it does look a little synthetic.
    i want to believe.
    • HarleyTog, on 11/08/2007, -1/+0It is not fake. I took the image. No doctoring done at all. It was taken with a 4x5 film camera and scanned in without alteration.
  • Iccarus, on 11/07/2007, -6/+1OMG TOTAL INSPIRATION FOR ME TO COME OUT! I'M A ***** FLAMING ***** EVERYONE! not
  • Acadie, on 11/07/2007, -1/+0Just Cool ....
  • Nerys, on 11/07/2007, -1/+1I hate it when they use overlays to keep me from trying to copy a picture locally. Thankyou screengrab etension :-)

    Great picture. Even if its fake its still a great picture and would be great for one of those motivational posters.
  • tanamack, on 11/07/2007, -1/+0that be a heady tree
  • longlashes, on 11/07/2007, -3/+2I'm not convinced this isn't photoshopped. Has anybody else noticed the lack of shadow? Sorry to burst the bubble of those inspired by such a sight. Digg me down if you must......
    • 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.
    • ophello, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1its called an overcast sky.
    • HarleyTog, on 11/08/2007, -0/+0I took the photo. It has not been doctored. It was an overcast day in Zion, which is why there is no shadow. I appreciate the comments.
  • phuzzy3d, on 11/07/2007, -0/+2This tree is taking it's ***** land back.

    http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/angkor_ ...
  • marskid2, on 11/07/2007, -0/+0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbre_du_T%C3%A9n%C3% ...
    L'Arbre du Ténéré, known in English as the Tree of Ténéré, was a solitary acacia, of either Acacia raddiana or Acacia tortilus, that was once considered the most isolated tree on Earth — the only one within more than 400 km.
    • hammerattack, on 11/07/2007, -0/+1Then some drunk Syrian idiot backed into it with a toyota truck.
  • gypsyjoe, on 11/07/2007, -2/+1George Bush ruins the environment yet again.

    haha.
  • SandyVTW, on 11/07/2007, -0/+0beautiful picture, very dramatic.
  • tounchin, on 11/08/2007, -1/+1Real or fake... Words can't describe how beautiful this is.

    I wish there was a wallpaper version.
  • HarleyTog, on 11/08/2007, -0/+0I am the photographer. The image has not been photoshopped. It is completely real. It was taken with a 4x5 film camera. The tree is located in Zion National Park.
  • 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
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