The harsh environment — winter cold, summer heat, year-round wind — produces interesting twisted, stunted and gnarled trees.
Canyonlands National Park
September 23, 2007 at 12.10pm CMT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/180)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 31 mm
ISO Speed: 100
April 16th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
That is quite an interesting tree. I can imagine some horror story revolving around it, actually.