Post by THE GREAT OZ on Jul 30, 2011 6:46:44 GMT
When I found this article it was a bit unnerving. There is no explanation as to why these trees in Poland were trained to grow as they were. A most stunning visual in the photo. If anyone can tell me or come up with any ideas as to why these trees are the way they are, please post your opinion, as I am stumped. (again, pardon the pun)
June 28, 2011 -- In a tiny corner of western Poland a forest of about 400 pine trees grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks - all bent northward. Surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees this collection of curved trees, or "Crooked Forest," is a mystery.
Planted around 1930, the trees managed to grow for seven to 10 years before getting held down, in what is understood to have been human mechanical intervention. Though why exactly the original tree farmers wanted so many crooked trees is unknown.
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Bless...OZ
June 28, 2011 -- In a tiny corner of western Poland a forest of about 400 pine trees grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks - all bent northward. Surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees this collection of curved trees, or "Crooked Forest," is a mystery.
Planted around 1930, the trees managed to grow for seven to 10 years before getting held down, in what is understood to have been human mechanical intervention. Though why exactly the original tree farmers wanted so many crooked trees is unknown.
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Bless...OZ
