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The world's second-largest known tree, the President, in Sequoia National Park is photographed by National Geographic magazine photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols for the December 2012 issue. The final photograph is a mosaic of 126 images.
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[@PaolaFrugone]

I giganti buoni, i giganti saggi!Quante cose avrebbero da dire!Nick ha fatto un lavoro che rende onore almeno a uno di essi!

[@varelairma8046]

Beautiful Thank.

[@KevinMichaelCallihan]

It is the tree of knowledge planted that for some time the roots grow underneath and hold the earth while in time the leaves shade you from intense sun and the fruit that comes perhaps will nourish you. With this tree, it is nothing I woud use to sell consumer goods. Sad but when I was a kid our local grocers who had served in WWII and she and he had been married a long time, and she helped my mom before I was 5 years of age through a third degree burn on the right ankle from an accident where my brother and I found some used birthday cake candles and lit them looking for mice in the closet back before the flame retardant pojomos for kids wre banned for good. Well, as you might expect my pjs caught fire and I went running through the house screaming with mom running behind me and finally caught me and her hands had 2nd degree burns from putting out my skins which was on fire with rubber burning down to the bones. Sometimes you have to stick in facts when you are writing metafiction. I did so to make a point. Obstacle avoidance is safety and Boeing has a good tour of their interests in mankind and that brother of mine who did nothing ever to harm anyone was with me that day and we never went hunting for anything ever again. Oh that was a good memory but am glad that those horrible times when being so very young, you just don't know which way is up and whether your dreams are true or not. As I mentioned before, when making fun it will be about me and not making fun of others.

[@KevinMichaelCallihan]

Just to note, my mothers good friend who was a nurse in WWII and our local grocer, well one of the two couples or more, it does not matter as we all were of a small community and appreciated what we did have. She helped mom and helped her to take care of herself for awhile as she helped with the dressing on my right ankle as we had a nicely stained old time picnic table serving as our place to have a family meal for 8 of us including mom and dad. Well, that table served for a certain time, for me to get over the shock and moms friend LiL, helped a great deal many people said when I grew older with special care for a bad burn on a small kid. The story about the 2nd largest tree for some reason pops up neuron strikes in my brain and who knows why? I just felt a fun streak in telling a story as opposed to this quip stuff or pasting copies of things as it is sometimes better to tell a little story and have the reader take it from there and 'use as you see fit'. I am feeling a natural strength to keep the head up as a friend passed today and I am doing as was suggested earlier if anything happened. There is great respect for those we knew and who are no longer with us as certain things do come to mind at the right time and the right place whereby I enjoy writing and the story conveyed to you is true and shows compassion for two people who helped me and were very important people in my life.

[@MsMaryba]

Magnifica

[@xiaogui92]

imagine if trees can talk and tell about the stories before us.

[@prioritalpanic629]

I can talk to trees. Sign me up!😀

[@bori3604]

*They would tell us without us was better!*

[@numbercruncher7426]

Hmmm they would probably sing: We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda rom! We come, we come with horn and drum: ta-runa runa runa rom! To Isengard! Though Isengard be ringed and barred with doors of stone; Though Isengard be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone, We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door; For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars - we go to war! To land of gloom with tramp of doom, with roll of drum, we come, we come; To Isengard with doom we come! With doom we come, with doom we come!

[@fluffymustdienow]

"Talking trees. What do trees have to talk about, hmm... except the consistency of squirrel droppings?" -Gimli

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

@@prioritalpanic629 When they start talking back see a doctor.

[@bubhub64]

It boggles the mind to think this tree was alive when Rameses ll ruled Egypt!

[@ArnoldSig]

bubhub64 Yep indeed. While looking the tree you can think that some ancient Egyptian boatbuilder might have looked at the very same tree and thinking if that would be a good material for his boat. Luckily he decided it wasn't!

[@Soulatheunholy]

Not only that, but this tree was there for almost every major historical event, that we know of :D

[@Blackholefourspam]

@@ArnoldSig He might have deemed it useful had he ever seen it. These trees have been restricted to a tiny piece of the Sierra range in California since Humanity first stepped out of Africa. Of course at that time the Americas were inhabited, but assuming the locals even wanted to make some sort of giant dugout ship, the real restriction isn’t the quality of the wood, it’s the impracticality of getting such a log out of the mountains and into a body of water worth building such a ship for.

[@Andreazor]

That tree is older than most known human civilizations. That's what impresses me so tremendously. I truly hope it gets to stand another 3200 years and that there will still be people to admire it's awe inspiring presence.

[@humanunitneverkilled07]

Liking your 8 year old comment. So u can re-watch this majestic tree. Thank me later

[@delgados666]

27 = 8.2296 meters and 247 = 75.2856 meters. It's for rest of the world.

[@thomas.miglinci]

A scientific report should use ISO at all :-(

[@abdelkareem2423]

We have in Kalimantan, Indonesia, it's about 9 meters in diameter.

[@robbinsroyce]

My daughter wants you to know "this is really cool!"

[@FranzKrammer4746]

the largest tree in the world? ... 3200 years old .....can we keep it as a monument to time?

[@eliyahukelman3356]

This video left us with a sense of wonder and appreciation for the beauty God has given us on this planet, and reminded us of what an amazing creator we have.

[@darrellgroce4251]

Amen.

[@hanzifaction]

That may be one of the most beautiful things I've seen! Gorgeous Trees, May they stand another 3,000 thousand years!!

[@redkb]

Amazing!

[@RecitationOfQuran1]

SUBHANALLAH

[@AndreBarbosaPC]

~8,5 meters in diaMETER ~76 meters tall

[@richardcollins2569]

Who counted the leaves?

[@richardcollins2569]

LoL :)

[@ChibiKeruchan]

I believe it's not the count of leaves. but how much leave has it produced in his lifetime. there is no way 2B leaves is in there sticking on that tree right now.

[@nails_n_nature]

lol

[@akhtarhasan8551]

Estimate can go wrong

[@CatherineSTodd]

I was wondering the same thing. I think they must have counted a small square area with the number of leaves and multiplied from there by height and width! Good question.

[@kickracistarse]

The tree in Avatar was bigger.

[@johndoe-qx7ic]

Lol

[@stevewalston7089]

And you'll also recall what happened to it ...

[@candyanime7730]

LOL😭

[@AceMan345]

Nope

[@abhikoolblue]

Chuck Norris planted this tree in his childhood.

[@Theateam911]

chuck norris took a shit while hiking to canada for beer

[@kickracistarse]

marajlize legaljuana "took a shit"!!!!? Where did he take it and why? Never thought Chuck would be into scat.

[@t2time27]

😂😂😂

[@FemmeIndigo]

Des milliers et des Milliers d'années avant que nous venions au monde, il était là, et il sera là longtemps, longtemps après que nous ayons disparus...Grande leçon d'humilité effectivement, ce Séquoia est tout simplement majestueux, quelle émotion que de le regarder :-)))

[@0secundus]

It's the tree of life. Don't touch it!

[@edgarallanpoets]

incredible

[@margarethill-davis]

The beauty and splendor of our world, and look what we (humans) have done to it................

[@margarethill-davis]

Caper42 , thank-you for liking my response, but I'm just stating what's in my heart.....(smile)

[@rm42749]

Get a drone and record this in a morning?

[@avinersan]

at that resolution ? good luck

[@avinersan]

@Arda Balkan even the best camera can't get that resolution, it's impossible Raw video at high fps maybe would get something sort of close, but that camera would weigh a lot and still not the same

[@zepp1337]

This is so cool, amazing how big they can grow!

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

human nature at his finest, "oh look a tree, i need to climb to it!!!!"

[@crazynerdykid]

like apes, lol you didnt spend much time in biology. Same reason we have big game hunting if you can understand this then the same logic applies

[@RoderickMcSwan]

A magnificent treasure to keep for eternity.

[@bromastic]

2 billion leaves? I wonder who counted them.

[@raspberry2508]

It is an estimated amount

[@SynZebedeusza]

Muricans cut 90% of those magnificent trees till 1968. Prymitive nation.

[@SynZebedeusza]

murican

[@texaspipeliner9432]

Is that the same reason we are the most advanced country on the planet? Yeah, it is.

[@Verschlimmbesserung]

Not primitive, more like exploitative and disruptive, which is just as bad.

[@heidiannemorris]

Magnificently beautiful. I feel honoured that I was able to visit these trees many years ago. #beingwithtrees #fb #tum

[@JaneWarrenCampbell]

One day I was zip lining and I was in the shop, removing my gear, when I looked up and saw the poster of The President that was the result of all this work. I immediately burst into tears I was so moved! Thank you for all your efforts.

[@bevvielandsman3112]

What a beautiful giant! And hopefully very protected. It is,isn't it?

[@absojake]

From creationists to science illiterate hippies; there are some dumb comments on here. I have seen the full photo, and it doesn't look that good. You can see the stitching grid all over and it makes the image very distorted.

[@juojyo4926]

I really had a feeling that I want to visit this tree. Damn it'll be awesome to take a photo next to this awesome tree.

[@akamano5]

..you can.. its a short hike to the tree from the parking lot.. but remember first you have to gain entry.. that is reservations times etc. if you are staying in one of the campgrounds the rangers can help..

[@dacha976]

I just planted two of these in Belgrade,hoping that after 2000 years somebody is going to do same thing.

[@jamesbryan1644]

+dalibor dimic Good for you ! I have a redwood that is 80' tall after only 27 years in the ground. Next one plant atop a rock in the planting hole and the tree with grow faster. I have proven this to work.

[@wolfblades90]

@@jamesbryan1644 so how are the tree's doing? I think of planting some myself, I,m 25 right now how tall do you think they will get till I close my eyes for good?

[@pablovaldes2810]

nah

[@plane1998]

How is there leaves on a tree that bears pine needles?

[@aanddone4747]

+P Lane That's exactly what I thought when I read "leaves" lol

[@sandep2149]

These needles are "leaves" in biology.

[@paladinsmith7050]

It's a cypress tree not pine.

[@influencefreedom]

The Sequoia's are so amazing. I lived in Squaw Valley (Dunlap) for a bit. I think it is a shame they would call such a great tree "The President".

[@howtoguro]

+Influence Freedom Was hoping for one of these giant trees to actually be called Yggdrasil. Seems like a wasted chance.

[@GG1man]

In about 1966, National geographic did a piece on the tallest Redwood. At that time it was 367 feet. I cannot recall it's trunk diameter. I've seen Redwoods up close, they are magnificent. Even saw the General Sherman tree. I believe that's the one with the tunnel carved out of the trunk. Would love to see them again someday.

[@darrellgroce4251]

No the gen Sherman does not have a tunnel thru it

[@GG1man]

@@darrellgroce4251 You are correct. It's been over fifty years since I visited California and drove through the tree.

[@chodelicker3726]

I wish that there were more of these trees around the world

[@Pragoholik]

amazing!

[@prioritalpanic629]

This reminds me of those giant trees in Attack on Titan.

[@Vladpryde]

Fellow AOT fan. Rep.

[@esmifrado]

I dare you to hugh this tree

[@esmifrado]

hug jackass

[@zaiman97]

LMAO

[@jimmycline4778]

It boggles my mind that Nancy Pelosi was alive when these trees were only a foot tall! 🤔

[@schrodingers_gat]

It actually is in California. We don't have snow all over the state, but we do in most mountain areas. Looks really nice, I would love to visit during the winter. The tree is awesome itself, but along with the snow, it looks amazing ^_^

[@MariaIsabelLepsch]

que maravilha! leiam sobre esta sequoia q é a maior árvore do mundo com 3.200 anos de vida! misteriosdomundo.com/essa-arvore-de-3-200-anos-e-tao-grande-que-nunca-havia-sido-registrada-em-uma-unica-foto

[@fixitsamo]

Amaizing

[@Ayan44]

omfg! that's huge

[@pablovaldes2810]

do you know what else is huge? it's roots

[@bluewaterpines8323]

the trees of the ancient forests were 850 ft tall.the world is now a desert...the trees today are as bushes.very sad...but true.

[@TheLilchacon]

Wow. I would love to see it. Pretty rad stuff. This world is amazing. I wish more of humanity would look at tree's and life in general with more respect.

[@MagictrainsOrg]

Was für ein schöner Baum!

[@تشجير]

سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم 🌴🌴❤️❤️💎💎

[@albertchenaultjr2044]

I cannot fathom the depth of the insensitivity required, the total lack of respect, the complete disregard for the majesty and deserved admiration for the wondrous elder plants that Mother Nature had spawned, by far too many of mankind. How can he be so arrogant, so ignorant of this reality, that maybe this plant, this magnificent ancient tree (the Sequoia) and its brethren, may have a lesson or two to teach us about our own temporal existence on this our Mother Earth, for we are her children too in all actuality. From whom do we get all sustenance, succor and shelter. Instead of decimating their population, they are to be protected, revered even. For at the end of the day to avoid this being another of mankind’s terrible loss. It is Mother Nature not mankind who is actually and truly the Boss.

[@ericsherwood160]

Would be neat to also be able to see the roots. I wonder how far down they go.

[@Телефунтик-о8э]

Galadriel of the Noldor,daughter of the Golden House of Finarfin,commander of the Northern armies of High king Gil-Galad

[@chayominjarez8934]

i love it.........could stare forever!!!

[@Phanmaivsp]

It's simply, trully magnificent!

[@stuballs42]

Is this tree bigger than the Frank Boole tree in The Fresno area ? General Sherman is the largest ,but the Frank Boole tree is larger at the base but not as tall due to a lighting strike that knocked the top off years ago!.

[@DarthHater100]

Why has no one chopped this down yet?? Or at least cut a hole so cars can driver through it. All that natural capital going to waste smh.

[@PedroCruzK-2020]

El arbol mas spectacular , vea esta maravilla

[@mhepfer21]

Someone made a comment that said if trees could talk about what they experienced in their past. I wish this was true

[@candyazz28]

I'm a proud tree huger!!!!

[@JuanGonzalez-bg7pq]

This was a great video. We are surprised by number of leaves and how tall the tree is.

[@gsantana1967]

When I see this, I just have some words to say: "wow! how great is mother nature"

[@pohruixin5039]

The largest tree on the earth.3200 years old; 27 feet in diameter; 247 feet tall; 2 billion leaves ☆♣♧★☆♣♧★

[@pohruixin5039]

🌲🐦🌳🐦🌲🐦🌳🐦🌲🐦🌳🐦🌲🐦🌳🐦🌲🐦🌳🐦🌲

[@mwarrior5245]

I love how they don't even tell us the trees name

[@drewclemmer612]

ya fr

[@emanhamed4939]

You didn't read the first slide? It is "The President"

[@mrbluenun]

Hi, And thank you so much for this brilliant video!, I would have liked to have seen a video or half a dozen of them on the organisation and design of this wonderful contraption taking these photo’s. Is it a permanent fixture or just built for the few days or nights it took to do this video? Anyone knowing where I can see the video of these clever people building this contraption and lines that support it please PLEASE get in touch with this name on my YT channel mrbluenun. Thank you.

[@LZmiljoona]

Imagine a day sometime in old egypt, the old advanced civilisation, that's when this tree began to grow. Incredible!

[@tenloginmusibycwolny]

I don't understand why people use foots to measure lenght while using years instead of winters at the same time.

[@PaekaYate]

Did anyone read the 'Legacy of Luna' of Julia Butterfly Hill? Very impressive story about a sequoia that was called Luna

[@SimenSebastian]

God's creation never stops to amaze me. Fascinating tree!

[@styremcstyre]

Amazing video. Now that we have drones, it can make do the job faster and safer.

[@nails_n_nature]

true

[@loudmilaa.m8050]

Magic nature. Thank you for video.

[@rkbawa9443]

Nyc video... hlo … - L oudmila

[@ST4RLA_15]

people watching this in lockdown

[@outdoorsbeyondnature1980]

My question is should President Donald John Trump Re-open the Sequoia National Monument to logging? John Muir "The clearest way into the universe is thorough the Sequoias..."

[@mhepfer21]

my God someone makes a comment and says leaves instead of needles and then look what happens because you all have nothing better to do. leaves and needles with contain chlorophyll they both do the same thing for the tree just different names

[@amansamdani6552]

Has School Brought you guys here like if you agree

[@UnknownGenius01]

This is just "one of the largest"? I wonder how the largest looks like.

[@PINGPONGROCKSBRAH]

This is the second largest. The largest is named "General Sherman" but it isn't that much bigger. And this one is much more impressive. General Sherman is bigger, but the top branches are dead and it has fewer leaves.

[@quadlegsxxxxx]

its in my pants, let me check

[@ashedmahammed7116]

ثلاجه

[@hkn2617]

Aşırı kötü bir video. Şu ağacı baştan ayağa bir video cekseydiniz daha faydalı olurdu. Reklam yapmışsiniz sadece

[@deechiluiza9526]

You should use meters to describe anything, international measure rules, not only US, people around the World do not and will not use those measures.

[@lucasp4186]

I wish I knew the name of the song at 0:15 ... but it's probably an original thing they made for the video

[@SimenSebastian]

MaskedDarkness L Yeah probably. But I agree it's really cool :-)

[@Singuls]

+The Reasonable Christian What is really cool - the song or the tree? (Don't say both, choose the only one). А вообще хорошее дерево, только названо в честь засранца. Гардинг был скверным типом.

[@industrialhemprocks]

Lucas :p sounds like music box by atmosphere

[@ComplyMusicDubstepPromotion]

someone will probably cut it down soon, now that its viral..... For the new superhighway of course.

[@mountainman4987]

I live in Sacramento California and I just found out about a grove of Sequoia trees 50 miles from my house! They're called the Placer big trees and they grow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains near the town of foresthill. Wasn't aware they grew this far north in California since most groves exist in the southern to the middle part of the Sierras! On my way there now! What a fucking treat!

[@DorothyPotterSnyder]

I love you, old one.

[@bernardshenchercheurs]

Incroyable Nature

[@rafaelfrancorodriguezsky9305]

Me inclino ante la naturaleza y le presento mis respetos, me siento ser una parte de ella y, no superior a ella como muchos creemos. Mis gratitud a esas personas que hicieron posible la realización de tan fenomenal tarea; en horas buenas para ellos !!!!!!!!

[@wgeorgecook]

Sequoias are my favorite Related: NatGeo is also my favorite

[@GabiBakkerKuessner]

It's truly magnificent... amazing...

[@BonafideToolJunkie]

You wonder how they determine the age of these trees. And, you wonder how long this tree will continue to grow. Send it lots of love.

[@Patricksworkshop]

I need that for a few projects anyone got a saw I can borrow

[@WildlifeandnatureUSA]

Amazing!!

[@fnanfne]

When will America stop using the Imperial measurement system? I don't even convert the units anymore, what is FEET?!?!?!

[@StingFlight]

Awesome. I'm flying over that big boy soon, GoPros blazing.

[@RJTheMountainSage]

i wish we had more 3200 yo trees ! the tree in avatar was probably like 100,000 years old.

[@MichalOlender]

A wonder!

[@Zarinikoo]

زیباترین عکسی امروز.. برای تهیه این عکس یک گروه عکاسی , 32 روز وقت صرف کرده اند . درخت سکویای غول پیکر . برای اینکه این عکس تهیه شود 126 عکس جدا ازهم تهیه و بعد به همدیگر متصل شده است . طول این درخت 75 متر و قطر آن 8 متراست .درختی که 3200 سال عمر دارد و دارای دو میلیارد برگ است . این درخت در زمان کوروش هخامنشی , 700 سال عمر داشته است . دو نقطه قرمز در پایین درخت و یکی هم در بالای درخت میبینید. آنها اعضای گروه عکاسی هستند. اگر بخواهید به عظمت این درخت بیشتر پی ببرید و از زیبائی آن بیشتر لذت ببرید, آنرا داونلود کنید و روی صفحه کامپیوتر خود بزرگنمائی آنرا بیشتر کنید. فیلم آنرا هم اینجا ببینید. Magnificent Giant Tree: Sequoia in a Snowstorm

[@susunhawkes5354]

amazing!

[@HarvesterForwarderMore]

in sweden, there is a spruce that is 9500 years old!

[@TallTreesClub]

@ MrKavasi's question ... do you mean in the forest, or like the USA? Quite a few have been planted in urban areas. It's my favorite landscape evergreen given space. My recommendation is at least 20 ft. x 20 ft. or 25 ft. x 25 ft. of ground, with root barrier panels along sidewalks or driveways. Should last at least 100 to 200 years in a residential landscape given that amount of room. More space even better. There is a nice blue cultivar too.

[@xevious2501]

IMO i feel there should be a law against people sport climbing this tree, and rarely ever touched even by scientist.

[@samparks2037]

It is against the law to climb them. They are protected so the people climbing then needed lots of special permits and were as protective as they could be while climbing them.

[@CatherineSTodd]

I don't know if I will make it to 70 years old & this tree is more than 3,200! I think TIME must have no meaning for a tree like this.

[@Wanderlust1972]

If you look carefully at the picture of the entire tree it is put together wrong, the man standing at the top of the tree would be like 10 feet tall if he was the same scale as the man standing at the bottom of the tree. I have the magazine in front of me and I put the poster on my wall and noticed that the scale is all off. NGC needs to re-learn proportions.

[@redknight801]

I feel bad for the guy whose task it was to count those leaves ;)

[@juojyo4926]

its not only one guy, alot of them who worked hard on this tree, to take enough resources out of it.

[@redknight801]

sum Ting wong Gee...really? Thanks for clearing that up, guy!

[@TheKylewolfe]

I spent a weekend there and got amazing photo and video. Go during summer. Mid June is the best I feel. Thats when I went. I posted a video on my page.

[@marisamariacovrecrivari8140]

Maravilhoso!!!! O que mais me deixa perplexa.....é o amor com a Natureza...coisa que muitos só destroem. Simplesmente sem palavras....só aplausos e mais aplausos.....

[@ynnebbenny]

How many A4 sheets of paper does it equate to?

[@milagrosyadira]

Hyperión es el más alto y el General Sherman es el ser vivo con más biomasa del planeta!! Secoyas extraordinarias.