General Sherman Redwood Photo

Photographer’s Note

Largest living thing in the world mot the tallest nor the widest tree, but because of its volume, It weighs approximately 2.7 million pounds, and is beleived to be 2100 years in age. It is 274.9 ft tall,the circumference at the base is 102.6 ft. ,Every year it adds enough wood to make a 60ft.tall tree measuring 1 ft. in diameter.

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batalay (20680) 2007-06-23 11:10

Hello Jim,

Superb shot of the General Sherman tree. It deserves to be presented somewhat larger; something you can do by saving it in Photoshop at quality 9 on a scale of 12, or even lower. (Maintain the height at 800 pixels, but save it at a lower quality, that is virtually imperceptible.) Recently, while visiting Cambridge, MA (to give a talk at Harvard), I was listening to a local radio station. A question was posed, what element accounts for the weight of the tree. My guess was that it was the Oxygen in the water. The correct answer turns out to be Carbon.

Informative note accompanying the photo. Warm regards from Virginia,
Bulent

kmarscher (2881) 2007-06-23 19:43

Just finished reading a new book out about these Redwoods and Sequoias so congratulations on the stunning shot of General Sherman. I hear he is hallow on the inside. Fabulous story and thanks for the post!

Greg1949 (8507) 2007-06-23 19:47

Great shot Jim, and a good note to go with it. Being so far from home these days it is really nice to see some of it here on TE, thanks.

Greg