#Ghost forest

[bettergeology]

Netarts Bay is home to one of the finest estuaries in Oregon; a rich ecosystem of oysterbeds and coastal marshes. However, it conceals evidence of the last great earthquake in the Northwest. 320 years ago, on January 26, 1700, the Cascadia Subduction Zone ruptured along its full length, sending a colossal tsunami onto the Oregon Coast and across the Pacific to Japan. The tsunami is recorded in Oregon as a layer of sand amidst mudflat deposits. Here, 7 tsunami layers are recorded, showing earthquakes back over 2,000 years.

Also, a ghost forest is present. Stumps of ash and fir trees are preserved under water and in the mud that have been carbon dated to around 1000AD. These trees were killed by a tsunami event which saturated them in salt water. The earthquakes cause the coast to subside by about 1 meter, into the water, and the slow tectonic action between earthquakes slowly raises it back above the water.

I've been back a number of times since these pictures were taken, and when the data is all published I'll talk more freely about it.

[themonkeycabal]

Neskowin Ghost Forest, Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site, Oregon

by Race Jones

[whilereadingandwalking]

It was lovely visiting Blue House Books in Kenosha, Wisconsin today! It’s such a cozy bookstore. Walked out with Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung and There Are Trans People Here by H Melt.

[miradas-world]

So magical 🔥🖤

[penny-penzilla]

[darkalleysunflower]

Feb 2020 versus Sept 2023

The Neskowin Ghost Forest is gone. 2,000 year old Sitka Spruce stumps that were buried until the winter of 1997 and then revealed during historic storms have disappeared and I can’t find a single story explaining why. I could only find 4 tiny stumps remnants yesterday. This makes me so sad but grateful I got to see it several times before it went away.

[aisling-saoirse]

Snags of Atlantic White Cedar - November 12th 2022

[nepetea]

ghost forest, ohio

[oooklathemok]

Ghost Forest, Neskowin, Oregon

oooklthemok

[farlane]

Ghost forest at Silver Lake Dunes

Perched on a plateau and rising more than 100 feet high above Silver Lake, the heart of these dunes are totally devoid of any vegetation, even dune grass.

Ghost forest at Silver Lake Sand Dunes by Martin Hogan The Silver Lake State Park page at Michigan Trail Maps says in part: Not all of Michigan’s great hikes are trails. This trek is a journey through Silver Lake State Park’s trailless backcountry, a mile-wide strip of dunes between Silver Lake and Lake Michigan. There’s not another hike like this in Michigan or even the Midwest because no…

[allmichigan]

Ghost forest at Silver Lake Dunes

Perched on a plateau and rising more than 100 feet high above Silver Lake, the heart of these dunes are totally devoid of any vegetation, even dune grass.

Ghost forest at Silver Lake Sand Dunes by Martin Hogan The Silver Lake State Park page at Michigan Trail Maps says in part: Not all of Michigan’s great hikes are trails. This trek is a journey through Silver Lake State Park’s trailless backcountry, a mile-wide strip of dunes between Silver Lake and Lake Michigan. There’s not another hike like this in Michigan or even the Midwest because no…

[mossandfog]

Disturbing The Spirits, a Ghost Forest Series

Ellen Jantzen is a skilled visual artist with a superb portfolio showcasing her photo montage and manipulation work. We were struck by her series called Disturbing the Spirits, where we see forests and trees turned into ghostlike forces. The stretched and smoothed effect makes an ordinary stand of trees look like something much more ethereal and haunting. There’s also a sublime peacefulness to…

[the-watcher-in-the-sky]

Don't look up

Captvart

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Ghost painting by Gloomy Grove

This artist on Instagram

[ghostie-girl]

winter always brings shivers, i never know how to stay warm

[ghosthouseart]

peachtober day 30: MOSS

[image description: a watercolor painting of a ghost whale floating through a lush green forest, with sunlight filtering through the trees. the whale has bright greenish yellow moss and small white mushrooms growing from its back. /end i.d.]