The rain tree - Abode of Knowledge & Maturity

This is not really a "rain tree" - but in principle, the way this tree stood caught my attention because it really signifies the meaning of the raintree: Short and elegant, small yet providing shade to a large area and truly signifies that what really matters is not size or looks.

The rain tree (grown in tropical India, especially Bengal) gets its name from the moisture it collects on the ground under the tree, largely the discharge of cicadas feeding on the leaves

Taken with my D50 on 20th of July 2007 while out for an evening walk in the park near to our home in Morristown.