Baobab Tree

Baobab Tree
Originally uploaded by nasieku

I have been a fan of baobab trees for years. Until 2006 I had only seen them in the dry season when there are no leaves and all you see is this incredible network of skinny branches. The story goes that the Baobab tree was very vain, self-loving, always bragging about how beautiful it was. The other trees in the forest got tired of hearing that, so they complained to their creator. The creator listened and decided to teach the Baobab a lesson. He uprooted the tree and replanted it, crown down. So now, in the dry season, all those small, skinny, bare branches look like the roots of the tree.

Uploaded by nasieku on 4 Jan 09, 5.59AM PDT.