A tear in the space-time continuum by goodoleboy

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on May 20, 2009

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Captured 5/16/09, very early in the morning, within walking distance of my archaic abode. Okay, I could have titled it molting or shedding tree bark, but that sounds so mundane, and I've been waiting eons for an opportunity to use the space-time continuum title because it's so mind-blowing esoteric. Since Tunde is deep into this tree trunk stuff, she should really like it. She calls it skin, I call it bark. Incidentally, a trail of ants moving north and south can be observed in the bottom two photos. And I have no idea what kind of tree that is, but Andrea probably does. Thankx for the peek, and have a heuristic hump day.

Comments (19)

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MrsRatbag

1:28PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

Ah, so THAT's where it is! Now that we know we can probably get it fixed, right? At first I thought you were going to show us some earthquake damage (I hear things are shaking a bit down there). Excellent textural capture of this tree shedding its skin!

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bmac62

2:04PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

Fine collage Harry. I grew up with a Sycamore tree in the front yard to climb. The bark did exactly what this bark is doing. Only thing that throws me a bit is the pink hue on the bark...was it pink or is this just a light thing? The ants make an interesting parade:)

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durleybeachbum

2:06PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

Very interesting images!

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TwoPynts

2:23PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

So that is why my atoms started unraveling this morning. And to think I have ants to blame for it rather than some Q entity, hah! Great shots -- we have Gumbo Limbo trees that peel similarly, but not the same.

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mbz2662

3:27PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

Very cool collage of this abstract peeling bark. :)

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morningglory

3:32PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

I know Birches do this, but looks too pink for Birch.....nice shot.

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DrMutato

4:05PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

bmac62 is onto something. I does look like sycamore bark but the outer bark of the sycamore is gray. It could be some other species of Platanus, maybe a plane tree? Anyhoo, it's beautiful!

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babuci

4:51PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

lol...HULK ripping his shirt again. This is great Harry. Love the first shot, good crack.

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odie

5:39PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

I love it! The ants add a whole new dimension!! It kinda does look like skin, Harry. Maybe it's a banana tree cuz it's peeling... lol.

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jocko500

5:48PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

cool shot and the ants gives it a size to how big those cracks are in the bark

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auntietk

6:11PM | Wed, 20 May 2009

Tears in the space-time continuum invariably lead to a surfeit of chronoton particles in the atmosphere. If you stood there for very long, you're probably somewhere between twenty and thirty years younger than you were before. Excellent images, btw! Love the ants.

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