First pic, some sky drama at base camp last week. My phone camera did not do justice to the colors.
Second, a crosscut of the "soil" (ahem, rocks!) here at base camp. This is along the volcano road built last year. Note the tree
roots poking through the rocks below the thin topsoil layer.
Third, how do
trees of that size (one that I think was felled for road construction) grow on bedrock like this? Amazement happens.