I love finding “accidental stereos” – one of my happy places was always Big Tree Park in Longwood, just a little north of me here in Orlando FL. It was home to The Senator, the oldest living thing east of the Mississippi, a 3,500-year-old(!) bald cypress tree 125 feet high. That is until 2012, when a careless crackhead burned it completely down while lighting up inside the trunk. The above photo is an accidental stereo pair I took before I was into 3D.

The above photos are from drone footage (sequential frame grabs), showing what the site looks like today. Some of the remains of the great tree have been turned into pieces of art.

And here’s a really old 2D photo showing The Senator’s true scale, 17 feet in diameter, since my ‘accidental’ shot is a little on the hyper-stereo side, which makes everything look smaller.