Inverted Peace Symbol against (almost) Carolina Blue Sky

We absolutely love this curious tree and photographed it just east of Greensboro. The shape, resembling an inverted peace sign, was irresistible against the (almost)  Carolina blue sky.  By the way, the use of light blue (and white) at the University of North Carolina dates back to 1795-- almost as long as the US has been a nation. Regarding the tree, does anyone know what kind of tree this is?  Finally, thank you Mr. Daily Photo, you outdid yourself on finding compatible books for today!

Please follow along on the Skywatch Friday tour. Photo #1 (by Scotty Graham in Indonesia) is breathtaking! Alternatively, click on the books below and see where they take you. May you have a PEACEful weekend.

               

Comments

[Uberrhund,Luaubee janis]

Hello, Beautiful blue sky around your tree, now I must find out what kind of tree it is too!
Thank you for the kindly comment on my skywatch friday post (which I was editing and you ended up with Leeky cheese bread, not a bad thing!).

[chrome3d]

Peace, man! Yes, we always seem to be neighbours. I get up at 6am to do my post.

[Linnea]

Peace to you too! Really cool shot and your blue sky looks like ours here in California! Enjoy SWF!!

[Carolina]

I haven't seen a sky that blue since i was in Richmond in 2000. Lovely.

[Valkyrien]

Beautiful blue sky - and the tree as a grat silhouet in front!

To answer your question; yes, the picture on my blog is from Norway, a town called Drammen! I tried to visit your blog by clicking on your nickname, but that didn't work! So - I am glad I found you at SkyWatch!

Nice weekend to you!

[Carver]

That's a beautiful sky and is close to Carolina blue. I love the inverted peace symbol you spotted in the interesting tree.

I wanted to mention that the same thing still happens sometimes with your link that I mentioned the first time I visited. If you use your google blogger account to comment, then when I click on the link it goes to the blogger message that it's a private blog or something like that. That happened with the link today. I think the reason it works sometimes is you use the option of putting your name and web address in when you comment. Those times I can click the link and come here. It's not a big deal and I have saved your web address but for people that haven't they may click on the link going to the blogger message and don't make it here.

[Jew Wishes]

What a great capture of textures, tones, and contrasts. I like how you've captured nature's beauty...

That tree is trying to tell us something...peace to all.

Thanks for visiting.

[bettyl]

Just awesome! The color of the sky is magnificent.

[Linda]

I wouldn't try to guess what species an American tree is, but it certainly seems good value for photographing!