One Photo, 126 Frames, 2 Billion Leaves, 247 Feet

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From http://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2012/12/13/167163801/one-photo-126-frames-2-billion-leaves-247-feet :

One Photo, 126 Frames, 2 Billion Leaves, 247 Feet
December 13, 2012 1:01 PM ET
CLAIRE O'NEILL

Those numbers represent this giant sequoia. Oh, also: The tree is more than three millennia old, and contains about "54,000 cubic feet of wood and bark," according to National Geographic magazine.

A few years ago, photographer Michael Nichols photographed a 300-foot giant in California's Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. The magazine's December issue has a follow-up: a huge tear-out of the "President," a snowy monolith in the Sierra Nevadas.

"It's not quite the largest tree on Earth," the magazine article reads. "It's the second largest. Recent research by scientist Steve Sillett of Humboldt State University and his colleagues has confirmed that the President ranks number two among all big trees that have ever been measured — and Sillett's team has measured quite a few."

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There's more over at National Geographic — including a video about how the photograph was made and more photos.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/sequoias/behind-the-scenes-video
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/sequoias/nichols-photography

[longship]

1. How'd that dude (in red) get up there?

Astounding photo. Just looking up would scare the bejesus out of me. I would rather die than attempt to climb up there.

Yet there he stands.

R&K

[Botany]

3. How'd that dude get up there?

Rigging and climbing assists. You will also notice he is "tied into" the tree too.

[FM123]

2. Just takes my breath away...

[Blue_Tires]

4. photoshopped

don't know why that dude didn't climb all the way to the top...