Dwight Peck's personal website
The
Trees of Mont Tendre
Mont
Tendre -- indeed, most of the Swiss Jura -- indeed,
most of Switzerland -- is a treasure house for people who like photographs of
dead and dying trees. That's nearly always a sad thing, and it's been reported
that the Swiss authorities are taking vigorous steps to correct that situation
throughout the country. Nonetheless, dead and diseased trees can be beautiful
in context.
You
may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a
good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught
up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.
15
May 2005, along the top ridge southwest of the summer of Mont Tendre
Mont
Tendre, 20 May 2005
The
Valley of Dead Trees, coming up from Les Rochettes to the south
The summit pylon of Mont Tendre in the distance
That's
enough dead trees for the moment.
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The
hut in the rocks of Les Rochettes, south part of Mont Tendre, 2004
August
2006
But
now, a few more dead trees, mid-August 2006
Now, some of the same trees on a grey day in early June 2008
Dead grey trees against a dead grey sky
Joe testing dead trees' deadness. Mont Tendre is up on the left.
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All rights reserved, all wrongs avenged. Posted 6 February 2005, revised 27 June 2008, 1 October 2014.
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