Colourful allure of sudden oak death

Sudden oak death doesn't sound pretty but snap it with the right camera, from the right angle, and it can look alluring. This forest in Cheshire, UK is one that's already known to suffer from sudden oak death, or Phytopthora ramorum. The firm APEM in Manchester used one of only two Leica RCD30 cameras in the world to photograph it from an aeroplane. With the ability to capture visible light and near-infrared, the 60 megapixel, £35,000 camera being tested as a method of diagnosing diseased trees. See it here: http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2011/09/camera-reveals-tree-disease.html