Acorn Sprouting with Root Drilling Down!

[best appreciated at full size against black]

How many of us have seen an acorn? I bet you've had lots of fun picking them up from the ground, pulling them off trees, examining their cute little hats and throwing them at your friends! But...have you ever seen one that's GROWING?!!!! I was down in our granite valley one day, testing out our ring flash and looking for cool stuff to take pictures of, when I looked down and saw something on the moss. At first I thought maybe it was an odd pebble...but looking closer, I saw what it was! A sprouting acorn with an exposed root that was trying to work its way into the ground! AMAZING! I've seen thousands of acorns...but never have I seen one that was sprouting! If you would like to know more about acorns, Wikipedia has a whole page devoted to them! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn

This image was taken in Janurary, 2012.