A Picture is Worth ... Logging Pattern
by Jasmin Malik Chua, Jersey City, USA 
on 08.21.07
We can't tell if this rather incredible—not to mention spooky—image was Photoshopped or not, but the caption on the Web site we found it on says the shape of the logged area was unintentional. You think the planet is trying to tell us something? ::SFU
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It was the winner in one category of the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition...this site gives the story behind it.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/OnlineGallery/Photo.jsp?photo=2213
Who was it awhile back who put up that post on constructal theory?
Photographer
Captain Jocke Berglund (Sweden)
Hurricane tree
When Hurricane Gudrun thundered across southern Sweden in January 2005, it left around 100,000 people isolated and without electricity. Deep snow, fallen trees and severe temperatures meant several people died before help could reach them. Flying over Småland photographing the devastation, Jocke – who specializes in aerial photography – saw this ‘remarkable oak tree print’. It formed partly by the storm brush of nature and partly by the impact on the soil of the forestry machines retrieving logs. ‘It’s as if the heavens had sent a message to the forest industry reminding them that, in this area, deciduous trees would have withstood the winds much better than pine. It’s also another stark reminder that global warming will lead to regular and stronger storm winds.’
Wow, it's an image that certainly makes a point.
Wow. Mouth dropping. If this is real I'd like to see it in person.
Not really surprising if you've ever seen the mathematics behind these sorts of operations...
As the loggers try to maximize their tree-cutting area and minimize their traveling distance, they are inadvertently copying the pattern of forked paths and thickly-grown (here, thickly cut down) areas in a tree's three-dimensional space... What naturally occurs in the environment, humans tend to replicate, consciously or not.
Spooky, sure. Message from the planet? Not really.
I think the photo is great, anyone know where i can get a print from?