Tall, old growth trees fill the forest in Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The fog lingers amongst the forest during the early hours and will soon dissipate as the day goes on. There are days that the fog hangs around the forest branches all day and never lifts creating a mystical presence throughout MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.
When you wander throughout the trails that leads you around these incredible trees, you realize how long these stunning miracles of nature have been growing. When the fog has settled in the forest, you can not see the tops of the trees but as it slowly lifts during the day, it makes one wonder how far into the skyline some of these trees go.
In MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, especially in Cathedral Grove, moss thickens on the bark of the trees adding more greenery to the forest. ... continue below the picture...
... Some of these trees show growth that they are over eight hundred years old and cover an area around that is over nine meters. When visiting MacMillan Provincial Park, beware of areas that have been closed due to flooding in the winter months but once you journey through Cathedral Grove the trails take you to an unknown world. Storms have altered the look of MacMillan Provincial Park somewhat but this is all due to Mother Nature's acts especially since a big storm swept through the region in 1997.
The majestic forest has some trees that have fallen but this gives way to more light and open space that is needed for the remainder of the forest to continue to grow to its fullest. Most of the disasters that happen in Cathedral Grove are due to natural causes which is totally acceptable, it is when humans interfere and ruin the forest that surrounds MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island.
Cathedral Grove in MacMillan Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America.
Technical Information:
I photographed this photo with the digital SLR camera model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, aperture of f/14.0, exposure time of 1/1 sec. on ISO 100, as always I used a original Canon Lens, the focus lenght for this picture was 160mm.