General Sherman giant sequoia - GIF

[Altair]

The General Sherman giant sequoia is the world's largest tree by volume.




Previously:

Tree felling fail - GIF
Tree trimming speedline rigging - GIF
Engine swallowed by tree - photo
What wood knots look like inside a tree trunk - photo
Tree replanting attachment - GIF

[IntheGroove]

Been there. Saw that. 55 years ago...

[madokie]

never seen one,, i looked these giant trees up,, they need 500-800 gallons of water a day...one reason they grow so large may be their location ,,they are in a bottom of a valley, surrounded by mountains and hills, so the water just drains down to them..

[hemmjo]

Wife and I hope to get out there to see them before they are burned up in the crazy fires over the last few years.

[neilbourjaily]

When you see them in person, note the size of the branches in the upper story. They're large enough to cradle easily a 2,000ft^2 house.

[Frank S]

The one that you used to be able to drive through recently fell and just a few miles to the north of where it was is one that has a several story house inside of it. I don't know of any other place on earth where the trees are a huge as those are

[hemmjo]

They can grow in many places. We all need to get some seed.

Unfortunately the place they have grown the best for centuries is becoming less that ideal for them to survive.

[neilbourjaily]

Actually, the word is millenia rather than centuries.