What Is Crown Shyness? The Stunning Tree Phenomenon Explained!
What Is Crown Shyness? The Stunning Tree Phenomenon Explained!
Feb 17, 2025
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Have you ever heard of crown shyness? 🌿 It’s a fascinating natural phenomenon where tree canopies grow in harmony, leaving delicate gaps between their branches as if they’re respecting each other’s space. The result is a stunning, puzzle-like pattern in the sky that looks almost too perfect to be real. This gorgeous footage was taken by @michaelgeorge from Enderby Island, part of New Zealand’s remote Auckland Islands. | The Oxygen Project
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Have you ever heard of crown shyness? 🌿 It’s a fascinating natural phenomenon where tree canopies grow in harmony, leaving delicate gaps between their branches as if they’re respecting each other’s space. The result is a stunning, puzzle-like pattern in the sky that looks almost too perfect to be real. This gorgeous footage was taken by @michaelgeorge from Enderby Island, part of New Zealand’s remote Auckland Islands. | The Oxygen Project
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Feeling a little shy? ⁣Check out 'Crown shyness' ⁣🌳⁣😳⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ It's a phenomenon observed with some tree species. The crowns of the trees don't touch each other, and this causes the canopy to have an intricate network of light gaps, like channels in a river. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ It's best seen from the forest floor, but we think this film from a birds-eye-view shows it beautifully too. ⁣👌⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Film from ⁣@Abandoned.HD Facebook page. "The way the forest looks from the sky." ⠀ ⠀ #Bestof2019 | CSIRO
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Feeling a little shy? ⁣Check out 'Crown shyness' ⁣🌳⁣😳⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ It's a phenomenon observed with some tree species. The crowns of the trees don't touch each other, and this causes the canopy to have an intricate network of light gaps, like channels in a river. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ It's best seen from the forest floor, but we think this film from a birds-eye-view shows it beautifully too. ⁣👌⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Film from ⁣@Abandoned.HD Facebook page. "The way the forest looks from the sky." ⠀ ⠀ #Bestof2019 | CSIRO
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