‘Tree of Life’ resemblance found in Lake Cakora, Australia
Amateur photographer Derry Moroney stumbled across massive patterns in Lake Cakora, on Australia’s New South Wales north coast, while taking aerial photographs with his drone.
The stunning pictures are now attracting attention online for their “tree of life” resemblance. Learn more from BBC.
The Baobab (Tree of life) of Africa
Baobabs are long-lived deciduous, small to large trees with broad trunks and compact crowns. Young trees usually have slender, tapering trunks, often with a swollen base. The trunk is made of fibrous wood arranged in concentric rings. Tree diameter fluctuates with rainfall so it is thought that water may be stored in the trunk.
Baobab trees have two types of shoots – long, green vegetative ones, and stout, woody reproductive ones. The first kind is generally the smallest of the baobabs, rarely getting to over 10 m tall and often with multiple trunks.
Both are small to large trees, from 5 to 20 m (16 to 66 ft) tall. The other baobabs grow from 25 to 30 m (80 to 100 ft) tall, with 2 to 3 m (7 to 10 ft) diameter trunks. The other type however often has massive single or multiple trunks of up to 10 m (33 ft) diameter.
