Misty
In former times, when people lived in a mystic world, where elves, dwarfs, leprechauns and talking wolves did their dreadful state of affairs in the midst of dark and impenetrable huge forests, people thought that even the old trees in the woods had their own thoughts.
Uncontrollable density, sounds everywhere, the snorting of the deer, a mysterious hidden, permanently changing shades in a cold and misty twilight.
In former times, when people lived in a mystic world, where elves, dwarfs, leprechauns and talking wolves did their dreadful state of affairs in the midst of dark and impenetrable huge forests, people thought that even the old trees in the woods had their own thoughts.
Uncontrollable density, sounds everywhere, the snorting of the deer, a mysterious hidden, permanently changing shades in a cold and misty twilight.
Biology
A forest is only then a forest, when a high concentration of trees is given. Woods bear a great number of species and produce a majority of oxygen in our world; they are huge reservoirs of water and stabilize the ground with their tangles of roots.
A forest is only then a forest, when a high concentration of trees is given. Woods bear a great number of species and produce a majority of oxygen in our world; they are huge reservoirs of water and stabilize the ground with their tangles of roots.
Snow
Snow consists of ice crystals. Their formation within clouds depends on the presence of ice nucleating particles and temperatures lower - 12°C.
Crystals possess a hexagonal symmetry, being prism-shaped at lower temperatures and dendrite-shaped at higher temperatures.
Snow consists of ice crystals. Their formation within clouds depends on the presence of ice nucleating particles and temperatures lower - 12°C.
Crystals possess a hexagonal symmetry, being prism-shaped at lower temperatures and dendrite-shaped at higher temperatures.
Temperate deciduous forests hibernate with most trees having lost all functional leaves. The majority of these trees throw off all leaves already in autumn to be protected from desiccation in winter frost periods. Fallen leaves on the ground form their own complex habitats for uncountable numbers of small organisms.
Layers of snow are excellent thermal conductors and additionally protect all life underneath from frost damages in the cold season.
Layers of snow are excellent thermal conductors and additionally protect all life underneath from frost damages in the cold season.
Macro videography about details of the structure of snow, Berlin, park Rehberge
Hidden snowy trees under a dynamic winter sky
Snow layers cover tree branches and protect all life underneath
An area with mostly coniferous trees in the midst of a mixed forest landscape
An old pine tree
A shiny misty winter sky over the forest of urban park Rehberge in Berlin
Waiting for the spring time
Most life forms hibernate together with their leafless trees of their temperate deciduous forests. Especially accumulations of deadwood contain remarkable numbers of species, such as insects, spiders, mites or nematodes. Some already begin under their snow cover to prepare themselves for the warmer season.
Most life forms hibernate together with their leafless trees of their temperate deciduous forests. Especially accumulations of deadwood contain remarkable numbers of species, such as insects, spiders, mites or nematodes. Some already begin under their snow cover to prepare themselves for the warmer season.
Hibernating life of multiple organisms underneath the snow cover on the forest ground
When all snow is gone, winter colors in red, yellow, brown and some green reappear. Early blossoming plants are already germinating.
A colorful winter forest without snow and even some permanently greening plants
Berlin, park Rehberge, 11 February 2021
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