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Marc St Louis:
I cut down a fairly large Aspen yesterday and was trying to drop it inside an opening in the surrounding trees, I failed.  It came down on top of a smallish diameter Balsam, about 6" in diameter, which broke it in half but also shattered it in a way I've never seen before.





At -15 C the temperature was cold but not that cold.  Balsam is not much of a firewood but I brought the pieces out because my wife wants to do something with them

Pat B:
Looks almost like a split out piece of bamboo. Did it follow one ring?

Stoker:
Only seen pine or fir split like that at least -40c

upstatenybowyer:
that's really cool. Maybe you could make a serving tray out of it or some thing...  -C-

Marc St Louis:
The break followed the growth rings right down to the core on the one side of tree.  I brought back the larger pieces with the larger of those being about 4" across and some 10' long

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