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Acorns from Quercus robur, picked and photographed on an oak plank in Tuntorp, Brastad, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden (2022)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43502575

Quercus robur, commonly known as the pedunculate oak or the English oak, is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae, comprising beeches and oaks. It is a large flowering plant, native to most of Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It is deciduous and grows to a height of up to 40 m (130 ft), with a single stout trunk that can exceed 10 m (33 ft) in girth. The fruits (acorns) are borne in clusters of two or three, on a long peduncle (stalk) that is 4 to 8 cm (1.6 to 3.1 in) long. Each acorn is 1.5 to 4 cm (0.59 to 1.57 in) long, ovoid with a pointed tip, starting whitish-green and becoming brown, then black. As with all oaks, the acorns are carried in a distinctive shallow cup. It is an "alternate bearing" species, with large crops produced every other year. This photograph shows a pile of acorns, in various stages of ripening, taken from a Q. robur tree near Brastad, Sweden, and photographed on a plank of oak wood. The photograph was focus-stacked from eight separate images.

Photographer: Ann-Sophie Qvarnström

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Children of Chimera by JoeyJazz [1920 x 1200]

Cross-posted from "Children of Chimera by JoeyJazz [1920 x 1200]" by @[email protected] in ![email protected]


Probable Source - JoeyJazz on DeviantArt

This artifact is from pretty old internet. My download date is 2014, but when perusing tineye, the oldest I found was 2008, which is the one I'm going to use as a source. It was the only version I saw referenced directly in a filename which lends it some credibility.

You'll note that the version I uploaded here isn't an exact match for the Probable Source. I did want to grab that one--but it doesn't seem available in a wallpaper resolution. I even checked the store to see if it was purchasable, but no luck. Maybe because it wound up getting spread all over the internet anyway. (over 800 tineye matches!)

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