Friday, October 19, 2012

Disease Can Be Beautiful

The Big Leaf Maples in Boyle Ravine (in Quincy, CA) have a bit of a viral infection.  Forgot to get their flu shots, I guess.  But I found these particular patterns beautiful.  Click on the photo for more detail in the patches of virus.

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  1. Just getting around to this, so probably too late for you to get back to this - that most likely isn't a "virus" in the biological sense, Joe. Maybe in the ancient sense of a "disease". I can't tell from here, that looks more like a fungal spot, POSSIBLY bacterial, or even an insect (like a leaf miner, etc), but almost certainly not a virus. But, hard to tell without having my hands (or your hands) on it to check.

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