falling trees
Forest during windstorm
Falling trees refers to trees in the process of toppling, whether from natural causes like wind, disease, or age, or from deliberate cutting.
The phrase appears most famously in the philosophical thought experiment: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Warning signs mark areas where falling trees pose danger to hikers or motorists.
- timberWood for construction
- crashSudden violent impact
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
- old growthUndisturbed ancient forest
- lumberSawn wood for building
chainsaw · woodcutter · branches · canopy · thud · logging · toppling · crashing · splinter · roots · bark · deadfall · dead wood · forest floor · storm · wind · creak · snap
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