I'm at the YMCA nearly every day. this is where i workout and play basketball. there is also gorgeous reservation land surrounding their property. this is where i have chose to poke around for sciency stuff.
This week I found a few interesting things for you. I found them so interesting that I snapped a picture of them.
The first is a picture of a trail runners nightmare. This Is a massive system of tree roots. They almost make something like a staircase.
The second is some sweet blue lichen. Blue lichen is not uncommon, but is not usually found in suburban areas.
The third picture harkened us back to the "tree bike", it is a picture of a pin tree seemingly growing out of a boulder.
I love the comments I've been getting on my blog, keep them coming. I hope to keep you guys mildly entertained for the duration of the semester. Happy Blogging!
I'm loving the tree growing out from the rock. It almost looks like the rock itself is swallowing up the base of the tree. Interesting to note how life will find a way, in that the tree probably sprouted out of a tiny bit of soil between the cracks of the rock. Excellent picture.
ReplyDeleteThat bright blue--hard to make it out--was that really a lichen? I believe it, they can be crazy colors. Look up lichen fruiting bodies and see if you can identify roughly what you saw. Some slime molds and jelly fungi can be zany colors too, and they are showing up in large numbers right around now. Check out this guy's blog I follow. He takes great photos too:
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