Bob: You seem to be obsessed with dunes. You definitely need to see the Sleeping Bear Dunes--where huge open dunes occur on the lake side and forests occur on the inland facing side of the dunes.
Lee [email protected] wrote: > ENTS,WNTS, > > The attached images reflect an infinitesimal fraction of dune moods > and patterns to which the eye is treated in a scene that unfolds each > day from dawn to dusk. These are all images that were taken with my > little iPhone camera. > > 1. S-BlendedEcosystems: This image was taken at the edge of the > dunes. The unrelenting battle between sand and vegetation is featured > here against the backdrop of the massive 13,294-foot Mt. Herard. > Clouds spill over Medano Pass to heighten one viewscape. > > 2. S-Footprintsinthe Sand: All sand prints are ephemeral. One walks > into and out of the dunes, looking back to see the lingering trace of > one's presence. The physical manifestations of that presence pass to > be replaced by others, and so on. The only constant of the dunes is > change. > > 3. S-LookingBack: When in the dunes, one's attention is drawn first to > micro-patterns then macro-patterns, and back. The boldness and > expansiveness of this extraordinary landscape first captures ones > imagination, followed by the heart, and then the soul. There is more > here than can be absorbed in an hour, day, year, or century. Some > parts change in the blink of an eye. Other parts seem eternal. > > 4. S-Sandscapes: There are no dull moments spent in dune wanderings. > Sudden changes brought by windy gusts; shifting patterns highlighted > by the dancing interplay of light and shadows; cresting a high dune to > be confronted by a still higher one; it all unfolds in an endless > expanse. But there is a constant. It is the ever bold backdrop of the > lofty Sangre de Cristos. I could never tire of the dunes. > > Bob > > - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
