June : 3,200 Year Old Tree
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17 June, 2014
3,200 Year Old Tree
3,200 Year Old Tree
| It takes a special kind of tree to have a nickname. Not
every tree has a nickname, but 'The President' has earned it. This
giant sequoia stands at 247 feet tall, and is estimated to be over
3,200 years old. Imagine, this tree was already 1200 years old when
Jesus walked the earth.
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| The trunk of the President measures at 27 feet across, with 2 BILLION needles from base to top.
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| Because
of its unbelievable size, this tree has never been photographed in
its entirety. Until now. A team of National Geographic photographers
have worked along with scientists to try and create the first photo
that shows the president in all it's glory.
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| They had to climb the tree with pulleys and levers, and took thousands of photos. |
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| Of those, they selected 126 and stitched them together, to get this incredible portrait of The President.
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| and here it is..... |
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