Ken Scott captured this photo of bent trees on September 21, 2013 at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in Michigan. He explained:
It’s likely that snow loading or extreme icing from big storms during a previous winter caused [the trees to bend]. These trees were perhaps big enough to bend but not yet so inelastic as to break beneath heavy the snow/ice load. In subsequent years, with less damaging weather conditions, their crooked trunks may begin to straighten.
It’s likely that snow loading or extreme icing from big storms during a previous winter caused [the trees to bend]. These trees were perhaps big enough to bend but not yet so inelastic as to break beneath heavy the snow/ice load. In subsequent years, with less damaging weather conditions, their crooked trunks may begin to straighten.
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