It shows a spot in a Swedish forest which was hit by a storm in January 2005. This spot had the shape of a tree, and the heavy forestry machines which retrieved the scrambled logs created the curious pattern in the ground, resembling the trunc and the branching boughs. The grass under the tree is made of piles of logs.
t's a coincidence that the spot where the storm cut down the trees has the shape of a tree. But there is probably a subtle reason that the structure of the branching paths of the machines is so similar to the trunc and branches of a tree: both cover, starting from the root, the area of the whole "tree" in a very similar way. It's all networks!
"A tree in the forest"
3 Comments -
Nice find, Stefan. :-)
10:06 AM, March 31, 2007
This photo really earned the award. Nature doesn't stop surprising me :-) Thanks for this post
-S.
9:33 PM, April 01, 2007
With regards to the network it is nice to have different views. :)
12:44 PM, April 02, 2007