Wenn diese verkohlte Spalte tatsächlich ein Beweis für einen Blitzeinschlag ist, ist es erstaunlich, dass dieser Baum immer noch gedeiht!
Von longleggz1960
Wenn diese verkohlte Spalte tatsächlich ein Beweis für einen Blitzeinschlag ist, ist es erstaunlich, dass dieser Baum immer noch gedeiht!
Von longleggz1960
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It was caused by a fire. Whether or not lightning was involved, I can’t say.
When I was in the redwoods, they all were like this. It’s really very fascinating how they’ve evolved to withstand forest fires and this open space is one of those adaptations. Fun picture by the way.
This is magnificent!! Wow!
Many species like redwood and fir and other conifers have highly flammable sap and pitch.
Often the problem with wildfires is the trees reach an internal temperature that the sap begins to boil until it explodes. So the tree will literally burn from the inside out.
I’ve experienced a tree hit by lightening and it literally sounds and feels like a bomb and destroys the tree. Not likely it was lightening but never know.
I’ve seen large conifers hit by lightning, actually witnessed the hit, and the result was very similar to this tree. The openings were smaller so fire would account for a larger opening. Very cool tree.