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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Here is an exquisite, hand-colored, [magic lantern] slide of West Lake Park. [c.1890s?]
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detail
My question was going to be about the under-sized globe and the too-thick pole. *schedules eye appointment*
I also thought the lad, just to the left of the tree, was leaning against a monolithic slab like the one in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. *schedules psychiatric care*
Of course, it's a tree. ........... (or is it? I see a small patch of sky above it)
If it is a tree, it's much older than any of the other trees in the park.
What do you think odinthor?
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Hmmmmm,
e_r . . . though admittedly it
does seem rather squarish and flat, I'm seeing quite a few Eucalyptus trees in the park, and they grow fast and (some species) big. I vote for the lad's tree being a big, happy, stout Eucalyptus . . . unless it's a rather tall plinth for some statue or sculpture: There seems to be something similar off to the right (sunlight beaming upon it) in the image detail.