Aerial close-up of mountains showing patterns of cyclone damaged and intact rainforest, depending on aspect, position on slopes, and local turbulence (chaos theory!).
South of Cairns, Queensland, March 1956.
Aerial view of coastal corridor south of Cairns showing tropical rainforest canopy damage (about three weeks previously).
South of Cairns, Queensland, March 1956.
Aerial view of coastal corridor south of Cairns showing tropical rainforest canopy damage (about three weeks previously).
South of Cairns, Queensland, March 1956.
Aerial view of eastern slopes of Bellenden Ker Range, showing pattern of defoliation and canopy damage.
Bellenden Ker Range, Queensland, March 1956. A few weeks after cyclone "Agnes". Damage is greatest on exposed ridges and spurs; with more or less intact rainforest in gullies and western aspects, although damage depends also on local turbulence correlated with topography, and "twisters" which spin off centrifugally from the cyclonic centre. Good example of "natural disaster", as controlling ecological factor.
South of Cairns, Queensland, March 1956.
Aerial view of coastal corridor south of Cairns showing tropical rainforest canopy damage (about three weeks previously).
South of Cairns, Queensland, March 1956.
Aerial view of coastal corridor south of Cairns showing tropical rainforest canopy damage (about three weeks previously).
South of Cairns, Queensland, March 1956.
Aerial view of eastern slopes of Bellenden Ker Range, showing pattern of defoliation and canopy damage.
Bellenden Ker Range, Queensland, March 1956. A few weeks after cyclone "Agnes". Damage is greatest on exposed ridges and spurs; with more or less intact rainforest in gullies and western aspects, although damage depends also on local turbulence correlated with topography, and "twisters" which spin off centrifugally from the cyclonic centre. Good example of "natural disaster", as controlling ecological factor.