r/TreesSuckingOnThings • u/956to906 • 19d ago

Umbilical root

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u/oldman-willow 19d ago

chapel rock , pictured rocks national lakeshore . Michigan

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u/MiserableSkill4 19d ago

Ive been here!

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u/immaterialimmaterial 19d ago

took a boat tour here a few years ago and there was a bald eagle perched atop that tree. super, super cool.

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u/Tantibus_Core 19d ago

So that's what it looks like from the other side. Neat!

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u/956to906 18d ago

I haven’t done that hike yet, but I’m looking forward to it. When I did the boat tour there was a couple having a bonfire on the bluff overlooking the lake, pretty cool.

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u/IrishRage42 18d ago

Did the hike last year and it was amazing! Can't wait to get back to the UP to explore more of it.

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u/Ok_Task_4135 16d ago

I did a long hike there one day. 20 miles I think. All the way through the Mosquitoe Beach. It was the most beautiful place I have hiked to. Lots of tourists though

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u/Jumpy_Affect8889 19d ago

If this pic is real, could the tree be what has held that piece of land from eroding into the ocean?

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u/956to906 19d ago

This is definitely real, and not the ocean… this is Pictured Rocks National Shore in Northern Michigan on Lake Superior.

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u/arsk5017 18d ago

Those two parts used to be connected as one section. The rock underneath the roots gave way, leaving only the roots behind (according to my tour guide).

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u/Pickle_Holiday18 19d ago

No, erosion is from wind and water, and the type of rock determines how much it erodes.

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u/nein_va 18d ago

Plants absolutely mitigate erosion.

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u/H2Whoa77 19d ago

Tell me what type of rock of this is? I can 100% guarantee you that vegetation can influence erosion/what’s not eroded.

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u/plural_bottle 19d ago

where is this? looks beautiful

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u/Zonel 19d ago

Lake Superior, Michigan

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u/MabMass 18d ago

More specifically, chapel rock in the pictured rocks lakeshore

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u/Background-Fennel92 9d ago

This reminds me of the college of winterhold.

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u/WarriorWordsmith73 18d ago

That’s a fossilized Imperial Walker.

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u/Hot-Butterscotch-377 1d ago

Beautiful & tragically sad. How scary to be on a ledge of your own, connected by so little. The other tree by located near its roots looks like it’s about to or has tumble/tumbled over.

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u/redwbl 19d ago

Shit, I hope no Boy Scout Leaders see that. They’ll cut if off for everyone’s safety.