Up-side-down – Life and Death

Exit78 Photo of the Day #46

Several years ago, on a hike in Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction, I took a picture of a little tree growing out of a rock up-side-down.

Tree growing up-side-down, Colorado National Monument, September 18, 2011 (Pentax K-r)

Tree growing up-side-down, Colorado National Monument, September 18, 2011 (Pentax K-r)

Four years later, we took the same trail and found that the tree had not survived the harsh seasonal environment and limited nutrients available to it.

Dead tree that had tried growing up-side-down, Colorado National Monument, October 1, 2015 (Pentax K-r)

Dead tree that had tried growing up-side-down, Colorado National Monument, October 1, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II)


Series notes:

  • The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
  • Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
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  • Hilary Mar 28, 2018 Link

    Oh poor tree – though I’m not surprised … good that you were able to see what had occurred over the shortish duration … and it did as well as possible to start with … Happy Easter and cheers – Hilary
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    • Mike Mar 28, 2018 Link

      We never would have noticed, of course, except that it was growing up-side-down and, then, when we took the trail again, I knew about where it had been and was looking for it.
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