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Beautiful! We didn't see these trees when we went to the south island of New Zealand and visited a museum with info about the South Pole. Pretty neat, I would have loved to have seen them!

There used to be a grove of oak trees on the Texas coast in the vicinity of Rockport and Fulton that looked like this.

I haven't been down to Rockport in years so I don't know if they are still there, it would be a shame if they are not there.

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Beautifully macabre images !

Unfortunately for this thread, one of the sidebar photo lists had this ...
The aftermath of a Princeton sophomor vs junior snowball fight

1893

When America grew men.that were proud of battlescars

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"There used to be a grove of oak trees on the Texas coast in the vicinity of Rockport and Fulton that looked like this."

(Ahem)

Between Rockport and Fulton, Texas…

"This part of the Texas coastline also features large windswept mottes of live oaks. The beauty of each tree has been slowly shaped and carved by the prevailing winds along this part of the coastline. Though short in stature and bent by the wind they still hold for us a unique stately grace."

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This photo of Rockport is courtesy of TripAdvisor.