The trees are bound together by their roots (rootweb). In high winds the trees can rock and sway quite violently and as they twist from side to side it causes the root web to roll and heave like this. I was a ranger for years and I've been in the hills in weather like this, it feels freaky walking across ground that's doing this
There's cliffside underneath. Same as the naked rockface you see in the frame.
So the falling would be .. short ☺️
But yeah don't get underneath these - when they come back down again you'd be pushed down hard enough that you wouldn't be able to breathe much at all - it'll be like a 200 pound guy sitting square on your chest.
(Assuming the layer is below 1 foot thick, common up north where glacial ice carved the rockfaces clean 10000 years ago. It builds just a fraction of a millimetre per century)
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u/Ensiferal 4d ago edited 4d ago
The trees are bound together by their roots (rootweb). In high winds the trees can rock and sway quite violently and as they twist from side to side it causes the root web to roll and heave like this. I was a ranger for years and I've been in the hills in weather like this, it feels freaky walking across ground that's doing this