Natures Rust

R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
edited May 2, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
Hi, we have a tree over here in Western Australia called a 'Marri' which is the local Nyoongar word for 'blood'. This is because when the tree is damaged a red sap oozes out of the wound. In this instance the sap had dissolved in the rain and formed a gooey puddle at the base of the tree.

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Thanks for looking - C&C always appreciated.

Cheers, Richard.

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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2011
    Great capture, Richard. Very interesting play of colors and different materials. It's a keeper for sure.thumb.gif

    Tom
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2011
    "Nyoongar" sent me to Wikipedia to get educated...:D:D Looks like that tree got a pretty good wound......You got a good abstract there......:Dgary
  • kithylinkithylin Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited May 1, 2011
    It looks kind of like the top of a Lasagna that's been cooked too long, to me.
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  • R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2011
    black mamba wrote: »
    Great capture, Richard. Very interesting play of colors and different materials. It's a keeper for sure.thumb.gif

    Tom

    Hi Tom, thank you very much for your comment - glad you liked the shot. I think I got some very funny looks from people who saw me kneeling in the mud almost praying at the base of the tree :D.

    Cheers, Richard.
  • R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2011
    Azzaro wrote: »
    "Nyoongar" sent me to Wikipedia to get educated...:D:D Looks like that tree got a pretty good wound......You got a good abstract there......:Dgary

    Hi Gary, hope Wiki was able to give you a bit more background. In this instance the 'wound' was only a tree borer getting under the bark - the sap (Gum) sealed it over pretty good. Glad you liked the shot.

    Cheers, Richard.
  • R.JayR.Jay Registered Users Posts: 974 Major grins
    edited May 2, 2011
    kithylin wrote: »
    It looks kind of like the top of a Lasagna that's been cooked too long, to me.

    I can see the similarity as well - including a bay leaf for added flavour !

    Cheers, Richard.
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