Don: The trees were alive and they were very large. I believe they were in the Tahoe and Plumas National Forest. We split the twenty person crew up into two or three persons units and a helicopter brought us to the top of the ridges. The one I remember best was burning from the inside and it was like a furnace. We called in a helicopter water drop right over the tree and then filled the cavity with whatever soil we could find. We worked through the night on just one bristlecone pine. I have color slides that I need to scan into digital images so when I do, I'll show you a few. When I retire, i planned on visiting the great trees, and working on the slides but Bob jump started my retirement plans.
Tim On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 2:08 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > Tim- > Wow! Just think how many there'd have been, had there been few or no > lightning strikes! It's not enough that they've got one of the harshest > environments imaginable, but lightning too! > I would imagine that they burn pretty hot, with as much pitch as they put > out! Do you recall whether it was live ones or dead ones that were being > lightning struck? > -Don > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:23:05 -0500 > Subject: Re: [ENTS] Re: ancient eastern redcedar shots > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Don: > > For a few weeks, I worked on many lightning strike fires located on the > Sierra Nevada mountains. All the trees that got hit were very large > bristlecone pine and they were difficult to put out. > > Tim > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 1:16 AM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > > Tim- > California, although you could see Nevada to the East from several points > along the road up, and from Patriarch Grove, I expect from certain > locations...Nevada's not far away. > I've been blessed with good weather each of the three times I've been > there! > -Don > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:41:00 -0500 > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: ancient eastern redcedar shots > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Don: > > What state was the image DSCN1800.JPG located in? You travel in some great > places and you do a excellent job capturing the moment. > > Tim > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:37 PM, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]>wrote: > > Marc- > Great shots, and not just the bristlecones! > You'd asked in earlier post for 'the bigger picture'...so I'm attaching an > image I took that includes the single shot I just sent, but with a wider > angle setting (I'm still using a six year old Nikon Coolpix 5700 digital). > In it you'll see the original subject, quite small, in the upper right > fourth of the images lower left quadrant, just about to be hidden by the > full crown of another bristlecone. > > While the next installment will be mostly images, I am putting together a > bigger paper that gets much more into ecosystem that bristlecones are a part > of. > -Don > > > > > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:03:47 -0800 > > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: ancient eastern redcedar shots > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Don nice shot. That is clearly in Patriach grove, no? You can see > > some of my tree shots at > http://www.bostoncoasters.com/browse.php?source_id=112 > > The site is Boston Coasters. That url address, if you cut and paste > > it will take you to my page at that site. > > > > On Nov 11, 3:02 pm, DON BERTOLETTE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Marc- > > > > > > I'm working on a bristlecone pine report, to be posted soon...until > then here's a quick one!Sorry for the lack of clarity, it was taken handheld > at full zoom (10x or 320mm)... > > > > > > -Don > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:14:41 -0800 > > > > Subject: [ENTS] Re: ancient eastern redcedar shots > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > That is awesome! I no longer have to cross the country to see the > > > > Bristlecone Pines. I love twisted ancient trees, they have so much > > > > personality. They are very good models to photograph. Do you have > > > > any more pictures of them? I would be curious to see the whole > > > > subject and the environment they inhabit. Are they leaning out over a > > > > cliff etc. > > > > > > > On Nov 10, 6:31 pm, "Will Blozan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > AWESOME!!! Anyone aged them before? > > > > > > > > Will F. 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