Gorgeous shot. And it’s true. The main difference between oak trees and us is that dogs pee on oak trees.
kestrelsays
@Marcus, #1: well, you know, if you hold really, really still….
Not that I would know from personal experience. It’s just that I’ve observed trees rarely move.
avalussays
Well, that and cellulose … . ;)
Ice Swimmersays
Now, if we could have bones made out of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin instead of hydroxyapatite and some collagen… The density of the materials that wood mostly consists of is about half of that of hydroxyapatite.
StevoRsays
“This oak tree and me, we’re made of the same stuff.”
― Carl Sagan
Starstuff.
Exploded remnants of long dead supermassive superluminous stars.Plus ash blown away from the nucleosynthesis of red giants.
Marcus Ranum says
Gorgeous shot. And it’s true. The main difference between oak trees and us is that dogs pee on oak trees.
kestrel says
@Marcus, #1: well, you know, if you hold really, really still….
Not that I would know from personal experience. It’s just that I’ve observed trees rarely move.
avalus says
Well, that and cellulose … . ;)
Ice Swimmer says
Now, if we could have bones made out of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin instead of hydroxyapatite and some collagen… The density of the materials that wood mostly consists of is about half of that of hydroxyapatite.
StevoR says
Starstuff.
Exploded remnants of long dead supermassive superluminous stars.Plus ash blown away from the nucleosynthesis of red giants.