Photo(s) of the day...

[dan ross]

This was taken by my niece on Star island off the coast of Maine- the aftermath of a Henri.... Her first day at UNH was Friday

 

[Uncle-A]

I took this back in 2016 but the photo above reminded me of this one. I may have even posted this before, it is "Sunset on the Manasquan River".

 

[Tom K.]

Saw this on a fine mtb ride today. A whopper!

Anybody know what it is?!

 

[dbostedo]

Anybody know what it is?!

It's a tree stump. They're usually created when a tree snaps from wind or is cut down.

 

[Posaune]

It's a fungus. It's orange.

The tree was definitely cut down, not snapped by the wind.

 

[silverback]

Saw this on a fine mtb ride today. A whopper!

Anybody know what it is?!

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Chicken of the woods?

 

[Uncle-A]

Chicken of the woods?

Only if you know what ones are safe to eat, other wise it is poison of the woods.

 

[dan ross]

Saw this on a fine mtb ride today. A whopper!

Anybody know what it is?!

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Tree funguses- related to mushrooms and similar in their cellular structure . Needless to say, like all wild fungi, don’t eat them! (unless you absolutely know what you are doing.) This is a pretty typical color for these -reds and browns. The tannins in the the tree and adjacent soil dictate the color - I’m guessing a Quercis Alba / white oak or another a tree with a strong tannic component such as redwoods .

 

[Daniel]

Yesterday morning I cycled up BCC to Spruces Campground. I locked my bike up at the gate near the Days Fork trailhead and headed up to Greens Basin, where I snapped this photo of the summit of Mt. Raymond.

 

[Jerez]

This was taken by my niece on Star island off the coast of Maine- the aftermath of a Henri.... Her first day at UNH was Friday View attachment 141005

I was there many years ago sailing from DC to Bar Harbor. Great memories.

 

[neonorchid]

 

[Dwight]

 

[Dwight]

Also this morning. Courtesy of Gordy

 

[dan ross]

A rainbow , the tail end of Ida as she moves off the coast and back out to sea. I looked for a pot of gold but I think someone beat me to it.

 

[Uncle-A]

Hope you are safe and didn't get any flooding. I am about 10 miles east of Trenton, NJ and we get the news out of Philly so I am aware of the location in the video.

 

[neonorchid]

Hope you are safe and didn't get any flooding. I am about 10 miles east of Trenton, NJ and we get the news out of Philly so I am aware of the location in the video.

Yes, I'm good thank you.
A little bit of water in the two corners of the basement facing the uphill side of the house, nothing measurable. Outside I only found one ~ 6' branch down from the redwood tree. Fortunately no power outage either.
I was watching 6ABC Cicely Tyson AccuWeather radar debris signature of the EF2 twister that hit Upper Dublin TWP which isn't that far away, thankfully for me, it was tracking north and east of me.
Did get a little nervous when a tornado warning was issued for Chestnut Hill Philly, but relived seeing the AccuWeather map showing it to be the outer part of the secondary (wide) zone of it's track - was the one that stayed just on your side of the Delaware and ended up an EF3 in Mullica Hill NJ!
I meet up with the trail running group in the Wissahickon tonight. Forbidden drive wasn't too bad, the city had heavy machinery to fill in the erosion, they were gone when I showed up. Nothing like the erosion wash out back when hurricane Sandy passed thru. Trails in the woods were fine, just the usual few down tree debris obstacles which climbing thru gave me a break from the pace of the run.
My outer part of the city got off easy this time around. Sorry I can't say the same of Upper Dublin Township, four storm related deaths, sad.

 

[Uncle-A]

Yes, I'm good thank you.
A little bit of water in the two corners of the basement facing the uphill side of the house, nothing measurable. Outside I only found one ~ 6' branch down from the redwood tree. Fortunately no power outage either.
I was watching 6ABC Cicely Tyson AccuWeather radar debris signature of the EF2 twister that hit Upper Dublin TWP which isn't that far away, thankfully for me, it was tracking north and east of me.
Did get a little nervous when a tornado warning was issued for Chestnut Hill Philly, but relived seeing the AccuWeather map showing it to be the outer part of the secondary (wide) zone of it's track - was the one that stayed just on your side of the Delaware and ended up an EF3 in Mullica Hill NJ!
I meet up with the trail running group in the Wissahickon tonight. Forbidden drive wasn't too bad, the city had heavy machinery to fill in the erosion, they were gone when I showed up. Nothing like the erosion wash out back when hurricane Sandy passed thru. Trails in the woods were fine, just the usual few down tree debris obstacles which climbing thru gave me a break from the pace of the run.
My outer part of the city got off easy this time around. Sorry I can't say the same of Upper Dublin Township, four storm related deaths, sad.

Glad you are doing well, I saw the sad news about Upper Dublin. You mentioned Super Storm Sandy, that was the one that put a foot of water in every room of my shore house, so I know what some people are going through now.

 

[Jim Kenney]

A panoramic view tonight 9/3/21 from my brother's beach house at Emerald Isle, NC (click to expand). Fortunately, this part of NC was too far east to get any impact from Hurricane Ida this week. Unfortunately, after 29 years of ownership by my brother and 29 years of guest-mooching by me, he sold the house recently and I am the last family member to use it before it is turned over to the new owners

 

[Jilly]

My view tonight. Happy Labour Day weekend!!

 

[dan ross]

A rainbow , the tail end of Ida as she moves off the coast and back out to sea. I looked for a pot of gold but I think someone beat me to it. View attachment 141318

Given the circumstances, I feel I should amend my comment on this earlier post of mine... I’m on a news moratorium up here and have since become aware of the destruction and loss of life wrought by Ida. This makes my earlier post appear glib which was not my intention. Had I known, I might have titled it “good riddance” as this is literally the tail end of this on the continental U.S. Best wishes to all affected by Ida.