...How helmets, grenades and guns discarded during World War II have been swallowed up by tree...

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 11 April 2014 | Snejana Farberov

[BenLurkin]

Long after the dust from the last battle has settled, the dead have been laid to rest and the confetti from the victory parade has been swept into the gutter, the nature continues to bear the scars of human conflicts.

A remarkable series of photos taken in a Russian forest have been making the rounds on social media sites, showing what happens over time to instruments of carnage discarded in the woods.

[BenLurkin]

[driftdiver]

Is this a picture of the tree growing up around the grenade?

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/Uh_Yeah.mp3

[BuckeyeTexan]

That is amazing. Thanks for posting.

[Little Ray]

The Earth Abides.

I like this!

[stayathomemom]

Some of those trees could fight back if you tried to cut them down.

[UCANSEE2]

I see a mexican in a large hat, an angel, the ten commandments, the XB-37 spy plane, Hillary Clinton’s broom, the USS Missouri, and a six foot rabbit, but no grenade.

[shove_it]

The Earth Abides.

So true. But in no time the left will get ahold of this story and twist the lyrics of "Lemon Tree" into "Weapon Tree" - grabbing guns for the greater good.

[Adder]

Those trees with the helmets are mighty young looking....

[latina4dubya]

i appreciate the juxtaposition of it all: man/nature... war/peace... death/life... past/present... synthetic/organic...

[cripplecreek]

Depends on the climate. Some trees grow exceedingly slow in the northern fringes of their ranges.

[Scrambler Bob]

Yep, and trees do not grow like grass. They grow from the top and ends of the branches, not up from the ground.

So how did these helmets get stuck half way up? They did not start on the ground, and get pushed up by the tree. I suspect that at some time, after the war, someone put them on young trees (at their present height), and the tree trunk expanded to fill the hole in the helmet, even expanding it some.

[moose07]

Ping...
Item of interest .

[SatinDoll]

I live in southwest Washington State and we have fir trees sprout in our lawn like weeds.

[no-to-illegals]

Evening Moose. Hope you day has gone well. Thank You for the ping.

[no-to-illegals]

My apology Moose, forgot the 'r'. Hope Your day has gone well.

[moose07]

:) Fine thanks, you?
See you on the UT later. :)

[no-to-illegals]

you?

Thanks for asking Moose. All okay in the colonies, I think. It's them seven or eight other states I'm worried about.

[minnesota_bound]

The guys wearing those helmets were killed. Look at the holes in the steel helmets.