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Cut Off, Stumps Of Tree Plants

Ten Fifteen Cracks
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This cut face was left over after trail clearing. The cracks on its face resembled a clock with the hand pointing at either 10:15 or 2:50.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Baker Bay Campground internal link   •  35635 Shoreview Drive, Dorena, OR 97434   •  (Date Photographed: 14:18:19 Monday 24 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 6 November 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4106
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Black Faced Cut
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The cut off end of this tree had been scorched black. It too was left over after trail clearing, but looked more ominous because it was so dark.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Baker Bay Campground internal link   •  35635 Shoreview Drive, Dorena, OR 97434   •  (Date Photographed: 14:18:07 Monday 24 August 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 6 November 2015)   •  © 2015 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4105
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Grey Slice above Beige Leaves
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This stump was found alongside the trail through Kerby Park. Note how its once smooth surface is developing character as it dries. Wonderful cracks radiate out from its center, and small chunks near the edge have begun to settle back into the leaf covered ground.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Kerby Park, Elkhorn Slough internal link   •  Moss Landing, California   •  (Date Photographed: 10:38:10 Friday 22 October 2010)   •  (Date Published: Sunday 25 November 2012)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCY_2669
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Close-Up View Of Cut Stump
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This stump was dark, almost black near its center, but light tending toward brown near its edge. Here, cracks appeared to form following the tree's growth rings.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Kerby Park, Elkhorn Slough internal link   •  Moss Landing, California   •  (Date Photographed: 10:37:50 Friday 22 October 2010)   •  (Date Published: Sunday 25 November 2012)   •  © 2012 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCY_2668
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Eucalyptus Cut
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Palm Canyon Trail featured over one hundred different kinds of palm trees. Near the end of the trail a eucalyptus tree had fallen. Here was its deep red cut-off end.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Palm Canyon Trail internal link   •  Balboa Park, San Diego, California   •  (Date Photographed: 09:50:25 Thursday 14 October 2010)   •  (Date Published: Sunday 17 April 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #BCY_0163
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Shadowed Cut
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Part of Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve runs through a shady forest. Here, an old fallen tree had been cut of to remove the broken parts. Sometime after the original slice, cuts like ruts were set into its top. The fall of shadows across this oddly cut top created a somber mood.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve internal link   •  East Bay Regional Parks District   •  Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, California   •  (Date Photographed: 13:38:43 Saturday 12 June 2010)   •  (Date Published: Sunday 17 April 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Preserve_6171BCX
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Painted End
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A campground can sometimes be more interesting for adults than for children. here, the idle hands of youth had painted the top of this stump in a vaguely psychedelic pattern.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Capps Crossing Campground, California   •  (Date Photographed: in 2006)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 31 October 2007)   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20070000_18
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Two-Tone Slice
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Another cut stump found along the trail presented two different colors of wood at two different levels.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Coastal Trail, San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: in 2006)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 31 October 2007)   •  © 2007 Terry Welte Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20060000_10
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Slice On Coastal Trail
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An old tree had broken and fallen. Later, workers had cut the ragged top away leaving behind this interesting smooth cut.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  Coastal Trail, San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: in 2006)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 31 October 2007)   •  © 2007 Terry Welte Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20060000_09
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A Hand
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A very old and very dead stump found beside the path in the Zoo. Its shape was somewhat like that of a human hand or perhaps an animal's paw.


Cut Off Stumps Of Tree Plants   •  San Francisco Zoo, San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: in 2006)   •  (Date Published: Wednesday 31 October 2007)   •  © 2007 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #20060000_03
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