It’s like social distancing, for trees…
These photographs are incredibly satisfying. Just look at them, they almost make me purr…
The phenomenon is called “Crown Shyness”. Certain tree species, their uppermost branches to be exact, don’t like to touch one another. This phenomenon was observed back in the 1920s for the first time and a number of hypotheses have come to light. One of these hypotheses suggests that this phenomenon occurs to keep harmful insects from spreading. Some believe that the trees are attempting to protect themselves and their neighboring trees from getting cracked and broken in the wind. It seems that nobody knows for sure why this happens but what we do know, is that the result is simply strikingly beautiful and soothing.
What do you think? Isn’t this remarkable? Have you ever seen something like this before?
