Yesterday's Tree Slaughter

We had some very strong winds (US English: hugely violent storm, UK English: stiff breeze) yesterday in The Netherlands, and after it had passed over I went out to check a bit of nearby forest for tree damage.

There was plenty. Quite a few of the bigger oak trees didn't survive:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 33mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/30s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/100s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 60mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s}

Some trees were torn to shreds:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 60mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/125s}

Three trees in line toppled over without breaking, but the next trees up survived, and so did this house:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 28mm, ISO800, f8, 1/250s}

The root systems had ripped open the soil far enough to expose the layer of loamy clay that was used to seal the walls of the nearby farm house:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 60mm, ISO800, f5.6, 1/50s}

The big (imported) sequoia had lost a few big branches ...

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 165mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/160s}

... revealing some unexpected colouring inside:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f8, 1/40s}

And that concludes your roving reporter's reportage. Thanks for watching!

PS. Lesson: a near miss is still a miss:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 85mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/50s}