Angel Oak, a historical site at Charleston
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by Ruben Cress
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
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Ever saw a HUGE tree? Well, I got news for you, this must have been the biggest tree I ever saw. Like, the branches on their own are trees themselves. Angel Oak in Charleston is the largest oak tree in existence East of the Mississippi. This means, there are even bigger trees around this globe. That's just insane. Just by looking at the tree trunk, you might think 10-20 trees would easily fit in the same space. They say this Oak might be 300-400 years old. Now, that's something. I couldn't quite get the right angle to actually show the size of this tree on camera. But I've added a photograph of my 6'9 foot tall uncle. What sounded like a good idea...Oh well, my uncle might be a tall Dutch guy, but at least you'll see how thicc the tree is. There are multiple wooden beams placed to reinforce and support the big oak. Kinda cool. On the signs, they ask you to not climb the tree, which makes sense since it is quite an oldie. You won't see me hanging in this one! This historical site is quite an attraction for tourists. There were some people around, waiting and taking turns to take photographs of the tree.
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Ola! Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Did you know...?
... that I almost got murdered by red ants being here? I heard of red ants before, in my safe space (the Netherlands where we don't have vicious animals roaming around freely), but I always thought they were just like regular ants, but then red. It happened I encountered an Eastern velvet female adult ant (which happens to be a wasp (thank you Google)), with a "very toxic sting that can be extremely painful". I'm glad I didn't zoom in on that one as I did with a black widow (would've been better if it were the other way around though).
Cheers,
Ruben
Ruben Cress | Eastern Velvet Ant (Female, Adult)
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The first is very captivating. Amazing photo friend.
Thank you!
Super
Thank you!
Nice shot friend, I wonder how this tress exist for longer days without dieing off
Thank you @heskay :), same here man. Nature takes care of itself.
Yeah and it still remains undefeated by anyone's beauty
That is indeed one THICC 🍑 tree haha.
XD haha, thank you for stopping by homie! THICC
YOO MANN, no biggie, much love. 🥃♥️
Wow that oak tree is so big. I like the shape of its branches, it looks like the oak trees in some of the movies I've seen.
Oh yeah, it is HUGE! I wouldn't be surprised if this tree ended up being the star in movies!
Ehat a magnificent tree An old sentinel indeed. Actually the word tree comes from indo European drys (oak)
It's a big one eh? :D Actually, I've never heard of the word Drys as an Indo-European guy (I'm an Indo), where did you hear this?
Protoindoeuropean is an extinct language is estimated to have existed 4,500 B.C.E. to 2,500 B.C.E, but actually is the root of many European languages. Same roots if we both go back enough in time
Drys (oak) would be used by the greek too thus spirits of trees called dryads
And the world tree derived from it
Here me with my fav oak
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I saw this tree in person a few years ago when I was traveling for the Civil War book I was a part of. It was such an amazing looking tree.
O lol... disregard my question on the other comment xD You must have visited the Citadel as well then? :D