No, this has nothing to do with McKenzie Phillips. It refers to these images I caught on my drive south from Grant's Pass OR, along the Pacific coast highway, to the mountaintop YMAA retreat center a bit south of Eureka CA. Coastal Redwood forests, nourished by the almost daily fog that rolls in off of the ocean. I started at 5:30 AM, and so was in just the right time and place to capture a bit of this dramatic morning light.
Though it looks as if I'm high above a cloud bank, the Pacific is actually just beneath this fog bank; hearing clouds emit the sound of crashing surf was pretty mind blowing.
The roots of these Coastal Redwoods only go about 8 feet down into the ground. So what holds them up? Those roots may spread out 3 or more acres, weaving into a tightly knit web of roots with all of the other trees in the area. In other words; working together they are able to support each other and flourish in an environment where no one of them could stand alone. Sound familiar? (Credit where credit it due; Hunter S. Otter came up with this triptych idea, but he was very disappointed in my poor little iPhone camera's inability to adjust for light changes as the viewpoint angle rises.)
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