And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, January 24, 2021
This giant sequoia tree is called “the President” and is 247 feet tall. There are four men visible in this picture. Embiggen and see if you can find the two hard ones.
One in yellow jacket hanging about a third of the way up, the forth is about three quarters up in a crook of the center of the tree with what looks like a brownish coat and a white banded helmet or hat.
My sister had the biggest Redwood in Big Sur, about 230ft tall IIRC. When those size trees drop a branch, it's about the size of a complete normal tree with a 3ft trunk. Her driveway parking area was around it. It took a backhoe/excavator to dig it out of the gravel drive. The California indians called those branches "whispering death".
The way I heard it explained, the crown on this tree is so big, that guy on the top is significantly closer to the photographer than the others. I'd also think this photo is likely stitched together from several, in order to get the whole thing in some sort of proper perspective, but I don't know for sure.
3 for sure
ReplyDeleteOne in yellow jacket hanging about a third of the way up, the forth is about three quarters up in a crook of the center of the tree with what looks like a brownish coat and a white banded helmet or hat.
ReplyDeleteDifficult to tell if they're hard though from that distance.
ReplyDeleteHaha
DeleteDang, you beat my "wood" comment. in_my_humble. I'm deflated. I must be getting old.
DeleteThe fourth guy is on the left, wearing a green jacket, about ten feet below the top guy, and hanging off a limb near the outside of the crown.
DeleteAnnyone notice the lightning rod?
ReplyDeleteMy sister had the biggest Redwood in Big Sur, about 230ft tall IIRC. When those size trees drop a branch, it's about the size of a complete normal tree with a 3ft trunk. Her driveway parking area was around it. It took a backhoe/excavator to dig it out of the gravel drive. The California indians called those branches "whispering death".
ReplyDeleteI think this may be a doctored photo; if the bottom three guys are all about six feet tall, the guy at the top must be about 12 feet tall.
ReplyDeleteThe way I heard it explained, the crown on this tree is so big, that guy on the top is significantly closer to the photographer than the others. I'd also think this photo is likely stitched together from several, in order to get the whole thing in some sort of proper perspective, but I don't know for sure.
DeleteI'm more interested in the hundreds of skinny trees that are almost as tall.
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