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rthomas
07-28-2008, 10:52 PM
Thought I'd share what it was like at 5AM Saturday over Smokehole, WV.

http://www.as.wvu.edu/~rthomas/ecology/smokehole3.jpg

Tree in the foreground are about 400 yrs old.
colchar
07-28-2008, 11:02 PM
Thought I'd share what it was like at 5AM Saturday over Smokehole, WV.

http://www.as.wvu.edu/~rthomas/ecology/smokehole3.jpg

Tree in the foreground are about 400 yrs old.

I'm calling BS on this one. That tree doesn't look a day over 350!

;)
OldPhiKap
07-28-2008, 11:44 PM
Cut it down and count its rings!!!!!!!
Lavabe
07-29-2008, 12:24 AM
Thought I'd share what it was like at 5AM Saturday over Smokehole, WV.

http://www.as.wvu.edu/~rthomas/ecology/smokehole3.jpg

Tree in the foreground are about 400 yrs old.

Tell me it belongs to AARP, the American Association for Retired Plants.;)
DukieInKansas
07-29-2008, 10:16 AM
What a great way to start a morning - watching the sun rise over beautiful scenery. How do you know the tree is 400 years old - did you plant it? :D
hurleyfor3
07-29-2008, 10:44 AM
How do you know the tree is 400 years old - did you plant it? :D

No, but John McCain did.
DukieInKansas
07-29-2008, 11:05 AM
No, but John McCain did.

So, he's an environmentalist. :D
Lavabe
07-29-2008, 11:45 AM
No, but John McCain did.

You DO realize that this comment may knock this thread into the netherworld of the PPB?;)

Dare I say it, we only saw the left side of the tree. Then again, it's leaning right.;)
OldPhiKap
07-29-2008, 12:06 PM
Does that mean the tree will be 500 years old when we leave Iraq?
Lavabe
07-29-2008, 12:13 PM
Thought I'd share what it was like at 5AM Saturday over Smokehole, WV.

http://www.as.wvu.edu/~rthomas/ecology/smokehole3.jpg

Tree in the foreground are about 400 yrs old.

GREAT signature, rthomas!!

"Geologists in West Virginia have determined that, "life is old there, older than the trees, but younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze." Scientists from elsewhere have pointed out that (1) life is older than most trees but younger than the mountains everywhere else on Earth, too; and (2) the mountains really shouldn't be blowing at all. "
jimbonelson
07-29-2008, 03:29 PM
Thought I'd share what it was like at 5AM Saturday over Smokehole, WV.

http://www.as.wvu.edu/~rthomas/ecology/smokehole3.jpg

Tree in the foreground are about 400 yrs old.

My wife has family in Franlin w.v. that is about 20 miles from smoke hole. I often go there and fish. Very nice country side