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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Tree Shapes at Sunset


One of the amazing things about the park is the endless variety of shapes in the joshua trees. During years with winter freezes and rainy springs, the tips of the branches of the trees develop blooms. After the blooms die, the branch splits into two new branches. This phenonemon occurs quite randomly throughout the park over time and space. Some trees are shaped as straight as a telephone pole, while others are amazing twisted into many bizarre shapes.

During this sunset, the red light of the setting sun was seen on the bottoms of the overcast clouds, giving this photo an unusually angry looking sky. Shot at 24mm, 100 ISO, F 7.1, and .6 seconds with the 50D.

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