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Sequoia Forest

Cross-section of grove of Sequoias in Seqouia National Park, Ca. These trees are the largest living things on planet earth. They are found only at 5-7k ft in elevation on the western slope of the Sierra Nevadas, and they grow to over 300 ft in hieght. They are nearly totally fireproof, live to be several thousand years old, and generally die only by falling over.

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Uploaded on March 22, 2012
Taken on March 1, 2009