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Old 06-09-2011, 08:10 PM   #9
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Smile The Stand of White Pines...

Although there's a loss of angle, I zoomed-in to 610-feet for our place. You can see by the storage of our boats—that the images were taken this winter.



(The exact date is given, anyway. )

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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy View Post
I was amazed by the detail improvement as well. One nice feature on GE is that you can revert back to a previous version. Look how much of Rattlesnake is foliage free in the winter.
That is remarkable; but long ago, the islands were logged for marketable softwood trees. The most difficult trees were located at the highest and rockiest elevations on Rattlesnake Island: that left those White Pines beyond the axe.

Especially in Spring, the hardwoods come into their leaves in a much lighter color of green. So even in Summer—from The Broads—you can see where the White Pines "have made their stand".

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