A close view of a large tree trunk with grey-brown bark and two smooth, pale vertical aerial roots or branches running through the frame. In the centre, a small pale, weathered mound of material sits in a crevice of the bark, with white and dark streaks on it. No people are visible; the scene is a natural tree trunk in dim light. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close view of a large tree trunk with grey-brown bark and two smooth, pale vertical aerial roots or branches running through the frame. In the centre, a small pale, weathered mound of material sits in a crevice of the bark, with white and dark streaks on it. No people are visible; the scene is a natural tree trunk in dim light.

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A photograph of a small owl perched in a dark hollow of a large banyan tree trunk, its feathers mottled grey and brown and its eyes closed as it rests. Thin pale branches frame the foreground, and the bark is rough and gnarled around the opening. No people are visible in the scene.

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