These pics remind me of driving through areas destroyed by tornados up by us. these areas always look so stark right after mother nature waves her hand and then you get to see the areas change very quickly as the natural replacement process starts a new.
What would really make this a cool thread would be to see the same pics taken fron nearly the exact same perspective say every 3 mos for a couple years.
There is one area I used to drive through where a tornado destroyed everything in the national forest. I crossed this swath of land to access a remote lake and watching the rebuilding process of nature over the years in that area has been really cool. It started by being over run with deer because they could reach the foiliage that is always out of reach. then in late fall that same year there were a number of young bears in the area because the berries took off like crazy and the blow downs offered lots of cover for them. In the last few years the area is covered in birch trees and young pines that normally cant compete with the hardwoods that had dominated the area over the last 6-8 decades.
As scary as these pics look, fire is one of the most important natural functions in many ecosystems and because man often puts fires out some parts of the eco system can stop functioning. Now that this has happened and the clock has been reset in this ecosystem the next stages should be really cool to watch.
Thom
What would really make this a cool thread would be to see the same pics taken fron nearly the exact same perspective say every 3 mos for a couple years.
There is one area I used to drive through where a tornado destroyed everything in the national forest. I crossed this swath of land to access a remote lake and watching the rebuilding process of nature over the years in that area has been really cool. It started by being over run with deer because they could reach the foiliage that is always out of reach. then in late fall that same year there were a number of young bears in the area because the berries took off like crazy and the blow downs offered lots of cover for them. In the last few years the area is covered in birch trees and young pines that normally cant compete with the hardwoods that had dominated the area over the last 6-8 decades.
As scary as these pics look, fire is one of the most important natural functions in many ecosystems and because man often puts fires out some parts of the eco system can stop functioning. Now that this has happened and the clock has been reset in this ecosystem the next stages should be really cool to watch.
Thom
