{"id":31735,"date":"2017-09-15T08:48:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T15:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/?p=31735"},"modified":"2017-09-15T08:57:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T15:57:34","slug":"fallen-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2017\/09\/15\/fallen-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Fallen giant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Windstorm victim.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Saguaro_1.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"464\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<i>Some 20 feet tall, this saguaro cactus fell victim to yesterday&#8217;s winds.  Probably over 70 years old.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Saguaro_2.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"764\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe beautiful structure is seen in this cross section.  You really want to avoid those spines.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Saguaro_3.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"764\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nI carefully nudged this broken-off arm with a sandaled (!) foot.  It weighed some 20 lbs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Saguaro_4.jpg\" width=\"1014\" height=\"764\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nThe root structure is surprisingly shallow, so wind is a natural enemy.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>iPhone6 snaps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windstorm victim. Some 20 feet tall, this saguaro cactus fell victim to yesterday&#8217;s winds. Probably over 70 years old. The beautiful structure is seen in this cross section. You really want to avoid those spines. I carefully nudged this broken-off arm with a sandaled (!) foot. It weighed some 20 lbs. The root structure is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/2017\/09\/15\/fallen-giant\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fallen giant<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31735"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31738,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31735\/revisions\/31738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pindelski.org\/Photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}