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jchanders — A tree of the past
Published: 2009-11-21 22:05:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 682; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 40
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With autumn on its last legs, all these trees tell the story of a beautiful past. For one of them, however, there will be no new spring.This dead oak-tree was taken on the Horneboeg Heath at Hilversum/The Netherlands.
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aah... hoe eenzaam staat ie daar...
how lonely he stands there...with even so many trees around him... Yet, still strong, still dignified...
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There is a poignant majesty about dead trees ~ without the foliage the true beauty of the branching is visible. 
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Over half a million acres of our beautiful aspen trees in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado have fallen victim to Sudden Aspen Decline (better known by its initials S.A.D.) leaving whole hillsides of dead trees where once we enjoyed their beauty in the spring and fall. Unfortunately, another 1.5 million acres of spruce and pine are affected by bark beetles that have killed millions more of our trees, leaving them an ugly rusty red. The cause is connected to drought and heat. We often don't appreciate our trees until they are gone.
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This is indeed a very tough story. What a dreadful sight it must be. One dead tree may be beautiful in itself, so very many are a terrible waste. Hopefully new life will come up soon enough, without too much erosion happening in the meantime.
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These outside Flickr links show some of the forests in the Colorado Rocky Mountains affected by the bark beetle: [link] and [link] and [link] and [link]
Although the second photo on this website [link] shows the effects of Sudden Aspen Decline, the other photos from this person's trip through Colorado's mountains this year continue to show the beauty of much of our mountain forests. So, hopefully, the loss of the aspens will be confined to the south facing slopes at the lower elevations.
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omg, that really is so 'sad' indeed... must be awful to see that happen 
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Many people suggest burning off the diseased aspen to generate new growth, which certainly is effective. The problem with doing that, though, is the extreme risk of starting a massive, uncontrolled forest fire which can look like this [link]
The photo was taken in Durango in the southwest part of Colorado in 2002. My husband's sister and her husband lived nearby and were on alert for evacuation. The fire came within one mile of their home when the fire fighters managed to get it under control. It was a frightening time.
Of course, there's nothing to keep nature from lighting its own fire with a flash of lightning. We just all hope the cure won't be more devastating than the disease.
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