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I couldn’t resist the crazy patterns in this old wood.

Tsitsikamma Forest Big Tree Walk near Storms River, Western Cape

Del Bigtree speaking with attendees at the "Save Arizona" rally at the Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU in Tempe, Arizona.

Del Bigtree speaking with attendees at the "Save Arizona" rally at the Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU in Tempe, Arizona.

Del Bigtree speaking with attendees at the "Save Arizona" rally at the Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU in Tempe, Arizona.

A huge tree on the Chitradurga fort, Karnataka!! :)

Del Bigtree speaking with attendees at the "Save Arizona" rally at the Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU in Tempe, Arizona.

Del Bigtree speaking with attendees at the "Save Arizona" rally at the Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU in Tempe, Arizona.

This is popular with people on their way to a match at Croke Park but of course many forget to go to the match.

In Ireland people rate a pub as being excellent if it is packed therefore this must be excellent pub. My problem is that I have no bar presence so I never get served if the place is packed.

Project 365 Day 53...

 

You would think I was up north in redwood country...but these are next to my tiny library in a residential area.

Royal Tasmania Botanical Garden, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

 

This is a 120 year old tree. Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.Buchholz. Cupressaceae, alt. Taxodiaceae. CN: Bigtree, Giant redwood, Giant-sequoia, Sierra redwood, Wellingtonia. Native to Southwestern U.S.A.(California). Sole living species in the genus Sequoiadendron, and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods. Giant sequoias are the world's largest single trees by volume. Record trees have been measured to be 94.8 m in height and over 17 m dbh. The oldest known giant sequoia based on ring count is 3,500 years old.

 

Synonym(s):

Sequoia wellingtonia Seem.

Taxodium giganteum (Lindl.) Kellogg & Behr

Washingtonia gigantea (Lindl.) Carrière

and many more; see The Plant List www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2587860

 

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2587860

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?33713

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoiadendron_giganteum

The trees dwarf the houses in Hilton Village, Newport News, Virginia.

Pentax 645N

Kodak Portra 400

 

A re-scan of some older images. They look much better now that the film is flattened out, as opposed to very curved. It seems like those acid etched film flatteners might help for immediate post-development scans when the film is most curvy.

 

I think I've reached a happy medium between ultra high contrast and the washed out maintain-all-detail look.

Kodachrome 64. De Horsten, near The Hague. Last Summer.

Nominated by David Vaugh, this champion grows in Comal County, Texas and measures 183 points.

 

Learn more about the National Register of Big Trees at www.americanforests.org/bigtrees

It's a house, it's on Tom Green and it's really big. That's where I like to believe he lives.

Brian French nominated this tree in Multnomah County, Oregon. It measures 225 points.

 

Learn more about the National Register of Big Trees at www.americanforests.org/bigtrees

Ella and NIall watch the fire

Monster Cedar reported by a hiking friend. Bill and I measured it as 35.5' diameter with the tape about 1 foot above the upper side ground level, which seems to conform with standard measuring practice for a tree on a slope. That converts to an 11.3' diameter.

A wider shot of this champion shows its size against the houses.

 

Learn more about the National Register of Big Trees at www.americanforests.org/bigtrees

This former national champion Bigleaf maple, now deceased, was found in Clatsop, Oregon. Here you see tree hunters Brian French, Mrs. French, and Will Koomjian doing some serious climbing.

 

Learn more about the National Register of Big Trees at www.americanforests.org/bigtree/.

Susan Alison Fulmer nominated this tree in El Dorado County, California. It measures 567 points.

 

Learn more about the National Register of Big Trees at www.americanforests.org/bigtrees

Sonja and the big tree.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/North Carolina

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