shadow-double

Updated: April 28, 2025

Although the stout beech props itself by great roots thrown landward, yet, sooner or later, the ripples will filter in beyond the centre of gravity and the mighty tree will topple and mingle with its shadow-double which for so many years the stream has reflected. Thus we find that while without moisture no tree could exist, yet the same element often brings death.

William Beebe - The Log of the Sun: A Chronicle of Nature's Year