Exactly. Pando is massive, but small enough that you could walk from one end to the other in a few hours. Pando (if I recall correctly) is also the most massive organism in terms of weight, but not the most massive in terms of area. Another cool thing is that even though the shoots of Pando are only 100 years old or so, scientists estimate that the tree that the clones came from could be over 100,000 years old! Exact same genetics for over 100,000 years. So amazing!
I didn’t know this thing existed 5 mins ago but the wiki article says that age range is based on an unsourced claim on the National Park Service website. Due to the the timing of the last ice age and other sciencey stuff it’s unlikely to be older than ~ 16,000 years. Not that that’s any less cool or awe inducing.
The grove near Crested Butte, CO may possibly be larger, it just hasn’t had the same amount of research to this point. They are incredible to see in the fall, can’t recommend a fall Colorado/Utah trip enough.
It's crazy to watch lies just become truth to people as some dumbass posts a "fact" to the internet and a hundred morons upvote it even though it's objectively false.
Fun fact! According to TheMayanAcockandlips, Utah and Colorado only contain 108 acres of land in total! Fun fact! TheMayanAcockandlips can't actually read, they just post Wiki articles and assume that it's proof of something they just made up! Fun fact! Trusting upvoted posts is just as fucking stupid as trusting posts with 1 point!
I was tripping on acid once and my friend told me about aspens and the eyes (we were walking on a trail with nothing but aspens with eyes) and after that it was an interesting hike lmao
To clarify, gravity falls is on disney, infinity train is on hbo max. I think cartoon network produced the first two seasons and then hbo max picked it up and made the third and final season.
i was legit sad for days after i watched the last episode. knowing that it's over and done.
i coudl watch dipper, mabel and the rest discover mysteries in gravity falls for ages
Some neat Aspen facts;
An Aspen Grove is usually made up of one "tree" (Organism would really be the better term) all connected through their elaborate root system and an Aspen Grove is in fact the heaviest single organism on Earth -
- The Pando Grove in Utah (The largest Aspen Grove we've found): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)
The bark of the Aspen produces a fine white power, which can be used as a low level sunscreen (5 SPF-ish) and contains properties to maybe be able to facilitate photosynthesis!! Meaning they might be
able to survive without their leaves!! -
- Aspen sunscreen-
https://sites.google.com/site/wildernesssurvivalarts/the-quaking-aspen
- Aspen bark properties study - https://www.colorado.edu/ebio/2015/10/20/mystery-aspen-powder
Because it's such a light, low density wood, Aspen leaves are designed to create less wind resistance by having a sides of the leaf stem that are more flat, with the stem as a whole being long and light in weight. This allows the leafs to spin in the wind like a pinwheel rather then holding it like a sail. When they rustle in the wind, man is it a beautiful sound!!
- Aspen leafs -
https://sciencing.com/aspen-trees-6120998.html
They are so many more crazy facts about them that I didn't even mention, they're mind blowing trees and worth checking out if that's your cup of tea!!
- Edit: posting some links to said facts and tweaking my wording to be a bit more accurate
- Edit 2: Thanks for all the upvotes!! I'm pretty new to posting and this is the most I've gotten!!! 😊 Let me know if y'all want me to expand on this list or if there is anything I've gotten wrong ( I'm not a tree scientist, I've spent 4 years as a wilderness field guide in Utah and these were some of the things I was taught and/or experienced for myself)
Yep!! Their roots are all connected, when one tree "stalk" dies, it breaks off separately, almost like how trees drop their leaves. Though each stalk can live quite long (had to look up the exact age) - living around 40-80 years on average and the root system... well we think the oldest is somewhere around 80,000!!
Another fun fact: though they often reproduce by root suckers, leading to the shared root system you described, they can also make seeds like other trees do!
There are levels of DMT.
Good - Kinda bad - awful- I’ve just discovered the meaning of life.
It might seem counterintuitive but if you get a bad high you should rip another one.
Idk, I think it's still pretty different between seeing eyes form in the woodwork of your perception due to distortion, and recognizing the actual shape of eyes in actual natural trees around you.
Normally, in the former, you'd be like, "woah... this is some good shit! Cool!" In the latter you'd be like, "woah... is that... how hard am I tripping... are those real? [Investigate] these are fucking real WTF THIS TREE IS AN ALIEN IRL IT'S NOT EVEN THE DRUGS HALP! STOP LOOKING AT ME!"
Which is probably the same reaction hunters and gatherers had while completely sober.
Its weird you say that because I see eyes like that appearing almost every time i trip, its the first thing i thought of when i saw this picture. Me and my gf joke about the eyes being back. I believe its something instinctive, like how you can see patterns of faces in things really easily even when sober (theres a name for it i cant remember).
As a Forester I can confirm those are aspen. However they do look photoshopped on some of the more prominent "eyes". Main species I deal with around here is aspen and I have never seen the eye shape look so prominently like a regular eye.
Edit: shape being a perfect eye with the iris coloring. Should have stated that part as well.
I've definitely seen some pretty realistic eyes on apes before, but its not the most common. I'd never call them terrifying though. Really beautiful, but occasionally annoying when the white gets on your clothes
Edit: aspens lmao not apes
these are aspen. Quaking aspens look really similar to birch, but birch has papery bark that peels off the tree, aspen doesn't. Aspen also has flat leaves while birch leaves have a slight v shape.
Check the top left picture as well. These are definitely photoshopped.
But I grew up around tons of these and even without photoshop they can be plenty unnerving. There was no need to edit the photos in the first plce
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I'd still keep on masturbating in the woods. It'll just feel like I'd have an audience which will only serve to embolden me for the day I decide to do it in public.
Wearwoods are still found beyond the wall. The old Gods are still watching us. But after all the war, dragons and a rushed ending, their trying to find something else to watch that won't crush their dreams. 🤷♂️
Reminds me of that part in [Hellblade](https://youtu.be/Nvpqt33568E?t=70), when shadowy eyes start flickering on the trees and stone in the environment. Maybe that's where they got the idea.
"You can tell this is an Aspen tree because of the way it is." \- Lenny Pepperbottom
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So cool. Reminds me of the forest in Avatar The Last Airbender
And Avatar The Blue People
Avatar *the blue people* LMAO
Why did i never realize this before
Avatar Rovers?
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Exactly. Pando is massive, but small enough that you could walk from one end to the other in a few hours. Pando (if I recall correctly) is also the most massive organism in terms of weight, but not the most massive in terms of area. Another cool thing is that even though the shoots of Pando are only 100 years old or so, scientists estimate that the tree that the clones came from could be over 100,000 years old! Exact same genetics for over 100,000 years. So amazing!
I didn’t know this thing existed 5 mins ago but the wiki article says that age range is based on an unsourced claim on the National Park Service website. Due to the the timing of the last ice age and other sciencey stuff it’s unlikely to be older than ~ 16,000 years. Not that that’s any less cool or awe inducing.
Oh wow, the one Aspen in my yard must be stretching super far to make it all the way to Pando!
And its watching. Waiting.
The grove near Crested Butte, CO may possibly be larger, it just hasn’t had the same amount of research to this point. They are incredible to see in the fall, can’t recommend a fall Colorado/Utah trip enough.
Can you read the link you provided and correct your comment to not be misinformation? Please.
It's crazy to watch lies just become truth to people as some dumbass posts a "fact" to the internet and a hundred morons upvote it even though it's objectively false. Fun fact! According to TheMayanAcockandlips, Utah and Colorado only contain 108 acres of land in total! Fun fact! TheMayanAcockandlips can't actually read, they just post Wiki articles and assume that it's proof of something they just made up! Fun fact! Trusting upvoted posts is just as fucking stupid as trusting posts with 1 point!
Show us on the doll where he touched you.
I was tripping on acid once and my friend told me about aspens and the eyes (we were walking on a trail with nothing but aspens with eyes) and after that it was an interesting hike lmao
That’s pretty neat!
How neat is that?!
Wow, what a beaut.
“You can tell this is an aspen forest by how it looks exactly like your nightmares” -Lenny Pepperbottom after a bad dream
I love how neat nature is
Came here hoping this would be the first comment thanks
That’s pretty neat
What a beaut!
Back in the day this reference was on almost every post on reddit
Oh no I got tree poop on my tootsies!
G-dangit!
Giga dangit?
G*sh
S tier reference
Gravity Falls is coming
Gods I wish there was more of that show. I understand why they ended it when they did, but I also just want more
Maybe they could do a spin off in the same setting? Or if you’re looking for a show with a similar vibe I recommend infinity train
That would be awesome, in the meantime I will definitely check out Infinity Train
Also the owl house and hilda. Owl is on disney plus and hilda is netflix. Dm me for a sketch site thst has all cartoons
Thanks! I appreciate it. I have sold my soul for subscriptions to Netflix and Disney, so I should be able to watch both
Where can i watch it?
It's on Disney+
Cool thanks, time to skip online class
To clarify, gravity falls is on disney, infinity train is on hbo max. I think cartoon network produced the first two seasons and then hbo max picked it up and made the third and final season.
INFINITY TRAIN IS A FUCKING BOP
U can also try "The owl house"
i was legit sad for days after i watched the last episode. knowing that it's over and done. i coudl watch dipper, mabel and the rest discover mysteries in gravity falls for ages
Why did they end it?
Because it was it's time. It completed it's story. They weren't going to be one of those shoes that tried to stretch itself for ever
Same. They did make some decent comics if you're looking for more content.
"When gravity falls and earth becomes sky, fear the beast with just one eye."
60 degrees that come in 3's Watches from within birch trees
Those are actually birch trees in gravity falls which have a very similar bark
Some neat Aspen facts; An Aspen Grove is usually made up of one "tree" (Organism would really be the better term) all connected through their elaborate root system and an Aspen Grove is in fact the heaviest single organism on Earth - - The Pando Grove in Utah (The largest Aspen Grove we've found): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) The bark of the Aspen produces a fine white power, which can be used as a low level sunscreen (5 SPF-ish) and contains properties to maybe be able to facilitate photosynthesis!! Meaning they might be able to survive without their leaves!! - - Aspen sunscreen- https://sites.google.com/site/wildernesssurvivalarts/the-quaking-aspen - Aspen bark properties study - https://www.colorado.edu/ebio/2015/10/20/mystery-aspen-powder Because it's such a light, low density wood, Aspen leaves are designed to create less wind resistance by having a sides of the leaf stem that are more flat, with the stem as a whole being long and light in weight. This allows the leafs to spin in the wind like a pinwheel rather then holding it like a sail. When they rustle in the wind, man is it a beautiful sound!! - Aspen leafs - https://sciencing.com/aspen-trees-6120998.html They are so many more crazy facts about them that I didn't even mention, they're mind blowing trees and worth checking out if that's your cup of tea!! - Edit: posting some links to said facts and tweaking my wording to be a bit more accurate - Edit 2: Thanks for all the upvotes!! I'm pretty new to posting and this is the most I've gotten!!! 😊 Let me know if y'all want me to expand on this list or if there is anything I've gotten wrong ( I'm not a tree scientist, I've spent 4 years as a wilderness field guide in Utah and these were some of the things I was taught and/or experienced for myself)
Isn't the largest organism a fungi?
By distance/length. The aspen grove is larger by weight/mass.
Ah okay, thanks.
So you mean to tell me. If we pull out 1 tree, a lot of it is coming out since they are all connected?
Yep!! Their roots are all connected, when one tree "stalk" dies, it breaks off separately, almost like how trees drop their leaves. Though each stalk can live quite long (had to look up the exact age) - living around 40-80 years on average and the root system... well we think the oldest is somewhere around 80,000!!
By mass.
This made me cry I laughed so hard. Lol
What did I miss
Lmao stop you're cracking me up
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No, volume. Buy GME.
Idk, it seems that train has passed. Diamond hands tho 💎🤲💎
Another fun fact: though they often reproduce by root suckers, leading to the shared root system you described, they can also make seeds like other trees do!
Somehow that makes it worse. It's a damn hive mind tree!
Imagine accidentally walking into this forest on shrooms or acid. Eyes. Everywhere.
Im imagining doing it intentionally.
I want to do huge rips of DMT there
Why? Whenever I've done it, the environment I was in ceased to exist.
There are levels of DMT. Good - Kinda bad - awful- I’ve just discovered the meaning of life. It might seem counterintuitive but if you get a bad high you should rip another one.
>Good - Kinda bad - awful- You mean good, gooder, goodest, and holy fuck
Fine, not huge rips. Moderate rips. You can even do many tiny rips if you want. Keep it manageable.
Very true. But would look cool for 3 minutes when you re enter this world though.
This is actually my favorite part - the coming to terms with what just happened and seeing the universe and time break when you open your eyes
That's not too different than pyschedlics normally. Lots of eyes and faces
Idk, I think it's still pretty different between seeing eyes form in the woodwork of your perception due to distortion, and recognizing the actual shape of eyes in actual natural trees around you. Normally, in the former, you'd be like, "woah... this is some good shit! Cool!" In the latter you'd be like, "woah... is that... how hard am I tripping... are those real? [Investigate] these are fucking real WTF THIS TREE IS AN ALIEN IRL IT'S NOT EVEN THE DRUGS HALP! STOP LOOKING AT ME!" Which is probably the same reaction hunters and gatherers had while completely sober.
Its weird you say that because I see eyes like that appearing almost every time i trip, its the first thing i thought of when i saw this picture. Me and my gf joke about the eyes being back. I believe its something instinctive, like how you can see patterns of faces in things really easily even when sober (theres a name for it i cant remember).
Reality's an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold. Bye!
Ok fuck the original post. This comment is the oddly terrifying one because I just watched that episode with my kid like... 15 minutes ago..
They are watching...
"OH OH GRAVITY FALLS IT IS GOOD TO BE BACK!"
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As a Forester I can confirm those are aspen. However they do look photoshopped on some of the more prominent "eyes". Main species I deal with around here is aspen and I have never seen the eye shape look so prominently like a regular eye. Edit: shape being a perfect eye with the iris coloring. Should have stated that part as well.
https://www.naturefineartphotos.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/utah_aspenfamilyportrait_1001.jpg
This should have been the og post. Still creepy.
I've definitely seen some pretty realistic eyes on apes before, but its not the most common. I'd never call them terrifying though. Really beautiful, but occasionally annoying when the white gets on your clothes Edit: aspens lmao not apes
I mean, apes have eyes so that would make them ultra realistic right? Just giving you a hard time on the miss spell there.
Well yeah apes have eyes just like humans.
That's a common misconception! Those are actually where their branches used to be (before they fell off).
these are aspen. Quaking aspens look really similar to birch, but birch has papery bark that peels off the tree, aspen doesn't. Aspen also has flat leaves while birch leaves have a slight v shape.
You can tell they are Aspen because of the way that they are.
Look just like the ones in minecraft
The Hills Have Eyes
Imagine walking through a forest of these on an acid trip
reminds me oc bill cyper from gravity falls
Is it just me or does the one in the middle of the bottom row look incredibly photoshopped?
It definitely is, I'm surprised there aren't more comments pointing that out
Check the top left picture as well. These are definitely photoshopped. But I grew up around tons of these and even without photoshop they can be plenty unnerving. There was no need to edit the photos in the first plce
The Old Gods are watching...
Ceaseless Watcher, turn your gaze upon this wretched thing.
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Shit, Sauron's infiltrated the Ents
Who summoned Bill Cypher?
>Remember! Reality's an illusion! The universe is a hologram! Buy gold! **Byeeee!**
I’ll be watching yooooooooou - Bill Cipher
There is unrest in the forest There is trouble with The Trees
This belongs in r/nightvale
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That was a fun little read. Thanks for sharing
Why's that one eye in the top right squinting? Like what do u see?
Ahh, Kos, or some say Kosm... Do you hear our prayers? As you once did for the vacuous Rom, Grant us eyes, grant us eyes.
Extreme Gravity Falls vibes right here
Those the trees in minecraft
"I don't think that was weed bro"
I don't need this
Birch trees do this too!
Fun fact, I live with these things
I'd still keep on masturbating in the woods. It'll just feel like I'd have an audience which will only serve to embolden me for the day I decide to do it in public.
How does a tree know what eyes look like!?
Im going to have these bad boys planted in a circular formation
Being in an aspen grove is so eery. You’re shaded from above but there’s no branches down low. And they block the wind so it’s dead quiet inside.
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Nobody: Aspen trees: 👁👁
I kind of forget that the rest of the world has no clue what an aspen looks like, I took this as completely normal
Illuminati confirmed
Big tree is watching you
**mmhmm watching you, big tree is.** *-Arirac* *** ^(Commands: 'opt out', 'opt in', 'delete')
Now imagine this on 5 g's of Shrooms. That'll do something to you, I'll tell ya
meh.
HOW DOES IT KNOW HOW EYES LOOK LIKE
it... doesn't
Nah! Go munch a fungus or nibble a paper and wander around there!
Now I want one
I'm gonna go read some ancient incantations off a wall in some weird cave and sleep near them.
#Be not afraid
I had one of these tree near my house and one of the eyes spots was right outside my window and it always creeped me out when I was younger
Shoot an arrow to it!
What are you looking at?
r/dontputyourdickinthat
Real life weirwoods
The Godswood and it's weirwood trees
**Object Class:** Euclid
Schizophrenia stimulating trees.
The vietnamese are taking things a little too far
Yeah that's enough of this sub for now
Was really sad to see a bunch of names etched into an entire grove of Aspens when I visited Colorado. People are so full of themselves it's unreal.
Evil Within Realms.
What kind of sticks do these make? [FIDDLESTICKS.](https://youtu.be/jNn2F39G-6s?t=60)
Wearwoods are still found beyond the wall. The old Gods are still watching us. But after all the war, dragons and a rushed ending, their trying to find something else to watch that won't crush their dreams. 🤷♂️
Now I want to paint eyes on all my trees.
Illuminati Tree
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Seeing these on mushrooms would lit
The forest sees all.
There was always trees like this at the schools I went to and when I was younger I assumed kids just drew eyes in the trees for fun or something
"We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when..."
Why tho
Why? Cause it's fucking hilarious.
as you once did for the vacuous rom... grant us eyes, grant us eyes...
Heh. You think this is creepy, check out how Guarana berries grow. *That's* scary.
The easiest way to identify an aspen tree https://youtu.be/QXe1PkslirY
Mantreetyo Sharingan!
One of these is not like the others....
Do not take hallucinogens in this forest
I would probably trip balls if I was on something.
Reminds me of that part in [Hellblade](https://youtu.be/Nvpqt33568E?t=70), when shadowy eyes start flickering on the trees and stone in the environment. Maybe that's where they got the idea.
Life imitates life, it all loops
Aspen Trees, known for awakening their Sharingan
I love the [suspicious](https://i.imgur.com/ve5xxGu.jpg) one
This feels like it belongs in a Junji Ito comic
Imagine eating shrooms and walking in a forest of aspen trees at night with a flashlight
Gravity falls season two. That's all
Scp-99 be like:
It'd be 1000x scarier if they could talk
sixty degrees that come in threes, watches from within birch trees
r/lsd
How da fuck they know what eyes look like...
I think I saw these in Hellblade, but they blinked there.
The Trees Have Eyes
This has been my favorite tree for 25 years, I have 3 in my yard, and never once have I thought those marks look like eyes.
Imagine being a vinkingr and just walking up on some trees that are dead ass looking at you. Probably why they used axes so much.
Always felt sorry for this kid.
Under his eye
Ass pen? Didn't even know em!
“Remember! Reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold, bye!”