June 21st Clemson Historic Picture And Trivia Question Of The Day

Today’s photos are from the early 1980’s, taken by Jim Benson (Class of ’84), and shows a unique aerial view of Death Valley and surrounding areas.
Jim was Vice President of the Clemson skydiving club for a couple of years around that time and was doing a doing an exhibition jump that day.
The TAPS yearbook staff set Jim up with a camera (old style hand-held 35mm SLR) that he just hung around his neck stuffed down inside of his jumpsuit.
Trivia Question
In 2023 when major renovations were made to Lot 5 for Tiger Walk, a large uproar about the removal of trees in Lot 5 was made by many. But, what do you notice about this photo?
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Trivia Answer: While many rumors swirled that the trees cut down in 2023 for the Tiger Walk renovations were planted in the 1960’s, you can clearly see from this photo that is not true. Even in the early 80’s, there were no trees in Lot 5, which means that the trees cut down in 2023 were no more than 40 years old…most likely closer to 30 years old.