the mighty will fall

My youngest and I were on a road trip to Dubbo - on our way over and through the Blue Mountains at around half six in the morning ( car said 0 degrees btw ) we passed this - we were stunned so I drove around the block a couple of times to find a spot to stop to take a photo - there had been bad storms and obviously this trees roots were weak and it couldn't hold on.

[Graeme Stevens]

Goodness...maybe it just got tired and needed a lie down?

[Annie D]

@graemestevens yes I thought that may have been the case hahahahahaha

[Simply Amanda]

Breaks my heart a bit when good trees come down.

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied I would have covered it with a blanket and left it to snooze...

[Annie D]

@amandal I don't think this one was in fully good health which contributed to its demise

[Annie D]

@graemestevens I only had a small towel

[Graeme Stevens]

@annied I now have a vision of you trying to tuck it in and make it all cozy...

[Sam]

Mmm looks like it might keep on living as some of its roots are still in the ground!! Alas, the Council will no doubt rip it up!

[Annie D]

@gigiflower oh it was gone by the time we were returning 3 days later - it was threatening to crash across the road

[Maggiemae]

It has already been marked to take away! so sad for the poor old tree which probably has been so strong! Good photo!

[KWind]

Wow... that's a big tree with a massive root!

[Taffy]

Oh gosh -- you captured this so well! Really dramatic.

[Derek Vickers]

Such a well captured scene Annie. Tells a great story. Fav.

[Sally Ings]

I am amazed that some trees stay standing as long as they do as many have such small and shallow root balls. Never nice to see one toppled though!

[Rose]

Wow that is a very large upheaval

[Francoise]

You got a great angle. I agree that this is really dramatic.

[Susan.T.]

Wow....what a massive tree & all that earth at the bottom of it.
Super capture.

[Annie D]

@maggiemae @kwind @taffy @derekvickers @salza @silverhorn @francoise @skippysue
:) thank you so much

[Babs]

oops. All the trees which were uprooted in our storm a few months ago only had very shallow roots too, so it doesn't take much to uproot them does it.

[kali]

amazing what a stiff breeze can do, we are still cutting up the trees that came down at Easter.

[Sarah]

Oh yikes we've got a Hurricane on its way apparently

[Kathie]

Must have been a whopper of a storm. Looks like a huge tree. Sad