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by Ruben Cress
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
S u m m a r y
Ever saw a HUGE tree? Well, I got news for you, this must have been the biggest tree I ever saw. Like, the branches on their own are trees themselves. Angel Oak in Charleston is the largest oak tree in existence East of the Mississippi. This means, there are even bigger trees around this globe. That's just insane. Just by looking at the tree trunk, you might think 10-20 trees would easily fit in the same space. They say this Oak might be 300-400 years old. Now, that's something. I couldn't quite get the right angle to actually show the size of this tree on camera. But I've added a photograph of my 6'9 foot tall uncle. What sounded like a good idea...Oh well, my uncle might be a tall Dutch guy, but at least you'll see how thicc the tree is. There are multiple wooden beams placed to reinforce and support the big oak. Kinda cool. On the signs, they ask you to not climb the tree, which makes sense since it is quite an oldie. You won't see me hanging in this one! This historical site is quite an attraction for tourists. There were some people around, waiting and taking turns to take photographs of the tree.
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Ola! Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Ruben Cress | Angel Oak, Charleston
Did you know...?
... that I almost got murdered by red ants being here? I heard of red ants before, in my safe space (the Netherlands where we don't have vicious animals roaming around freely), but I always thought they were just like regular ants, but then red. It happened I encountered an Eastern velvet female adult ant (which happens to be a wasp (thank you Google)), with a "very toxic sting that can be extremely painful". I'm glad I didn't zoom in on that one as I did with a black widow (would've been better if it were the other way around though).
Cheers,
Ruben
Ruben Cress | Eastern Velvet Ant (Female, Adult)
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