1,400-YO Ginkgo Tree Near Ancient Chinese Temple Sheds Leaves, Creates A Sea Of 'Golden' Leaves
Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. It also known as the maidenhair tree, It is a very old species, with some fossils dating back 270 million years.
Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko, is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. Also known as the maidenhair tree, the species it belongs to is really old with some fossils dating back 270 million years.
It is regarded as producing the best golden fall colour. Also called, 'Autumn Gold', the trees' leaves are broad and fan-shaped. They add visual interest and beauty to the landscape by turning into a beautiful deep yellow in the fall.
Twitter user @ThamKhaiMeng posted spectacular photographs of a 1,400-year-old ginkgo tree shedding its gold-like leaves. He credited the pictures to Han Fei.
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Incredible explosion of gold from a 1400 year old Ginkgo tree
¡ª Khai (@ThamKhaiMeng) October 10, 2020
Photography by Han Fei pic.twitter.com/ubwAttP1RY
In the unique images, it looks like the tree is surrounded by gold since its leaves turn into a beautiful golden-yellowish colour. The post has more than 1,000 retweets and over 7,000 likes. If you are looking for an amazing wallpaper for your laptop, or phone, these pictures are definitely worth your time.
People took to the comments section to express how impressed they were with the beauty of the tree as well as the timing of the photographs. While some joked about allergies during fall season, others were just simply mind-blown.
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I just see a lot of sneezing and red eyes
¡ª Passt. (@sanchay__) October 11, 2020
Beautiful click??......????
¡ª Shrawan parihar?? (@Parihar_sahb) October 11, 2020
Woaah!! 'haven't seen anything like this before ..
¡ª Starry Bytes (@starrybytes) October 10, 2020
How I'd love to see this in real life
¡ª Benson Matheta (@bematheta) October 11, 2020
Such a pure bliss to see this pic ???
¡ª Sirikoi (@FAISALIRFAN) October 11, 2020
My shot of awe today! Incredibly beautiful! ?
¡ª Shareen Rai (@shareenrai) October 11, 2020
OMG beautiful ? incredible gold showers!
¡ª Jagdish Singh Thakur? (@TweetJagdish) October 11, 2020
Wow excellent nature beauty
¡ª Dr.Faizan Azizi, PhD ????? ???? ? (@Faizanazizi) October 11, 2020
It's not photography. It's nature which is beautiful.
¡ª Mani Kant Tiwari (@imanikant) October 11, 2020
Beautiful, isn't it?
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