A photo from open sources
Irish Journalists Helicopter Flying Over County Donegal in the north, stumbled upon a small local sensation. Newsboys unexpectedly discovered a forest an array of conifers, in the center of which is distinctly a huge Celtic cross loomed, also known as the Cross Saint Columbus. Christian symbol made up of a circle and a cross, was hidden from human eyes for a long time.
This is not strange, because, firstly, see this beauty is possible only from a bird’s eye view. Walking around such a forest, you will not even suspect that trees are planted here specifically to form an unusual pattern. A secondly, to see this figure, as it turned out, is possible only in a certain period of autumn, as it is now. All year white needles eastern pine are indistinguishable in shade from the needles standing nearby pines, however with cooling they turn yellow, while the neighboring ones the trees remain green.
Such a miracle, consisting of several hundred conifers, It has a length of about one hundred meters and a width of more than sixty. Of course, reporters wondered how this picture is here. appeared, and they conducted an investigation to find out. Can, is it an incredible freak of nature? Or alien prank? But what if a true religious miracle? However, the reality turned out to be more prosaic, though not without its charm.
A photo from open sources
As it turned out, the author of this composition is Irish forester Liam Emmery. His family’s house is just beyond the hill, on which a coniferous array grows. Unfortunately, the newspaper didn’t chat with a man since he died six years ago in car accident. He was fifty-one years old. However, the media interviewed the widow of Liam Norma. The latter admitted that, mourning her husband after the tragedy, completely forgot about his amazing legacy.
The forester for many years alone planted these trees, to get a perfectly even image of the Celtic cross. IN in this case he was guided by a famous quote from a Canadian farmer Nelson Henderson: “The true meaning of life lies in planting trees under the canopy of which you do not plan take cover. “According to Norma Emmery, her husband would be very proud now your achievement.
Many experts in the field of landscape design have already named Liam’s composition is a feat and a masterpiece of horticultural engineering. They are calculated that the huge Cross of Saint Columbus would flare up there are about seven more decades.
Time
