The George Bush Sequoia Tree

CIMG0775.JPG, originally uploaded by alonzoD.

An engraving at this tree reads….

“This giant sequoia tree is designated the George Bush Tree in celebration of the President´s action at this site on July 14, 1992 to manage Giant Sequoia in perpetuity as unique objects of beauty and antiquity for the benefit and inspiration of all people.”
Sequoia National Forest

CIMG0774.JPG, originally uploaded by alonzoD.

This tree is located along the Freeman Creek Trail that cuts through Freeman Creek Grove. This grove is part of the Giant Sequoia National Monument in the Southern Sierra Nevada Mountians. It is a wilderness area of Sequoia´s that have never been logged. The area is popular with mountainbikers.

The George Bush referred to here is George Herbert Walker Bush (b.1924) not George Walker Bush (b. 1946) the current president of the United States of America.

General Grant Tree - The US National Christmas tree

Nations Xmas Tree General Grant, originally uploaded by papa rotzi.

The General Grant tree is the third largest tree in the world and the second largest of the Giant Sequoias.

In 1867 it was names after General Ulysses S. Grant who later became the 18th President of the United States.

In 1962 US President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed this tree the “National Christmas Tree”.

In 1956 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the tree the designation of “National Shrine” as a memorial to all those lost in war.

Height 81 meters
Diameter 8.85 meters
Circumference at base 32.8 meters
Estimated age 1,650 years
Volume 47,850 cubic feet

Links..
http://www.sequoia.national-park.com/info.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Grant_tree

General Sherman - largest tree in the world

General Sherman, originally uploaded by blueph0enix.

The General Sherman Tree is the largest tree by volume in the world and one of the fastest growing. It belongs to the species Sequoiadendron giganteum.

The General Sherman Tree - Biggest Living thing on Earth!!, originally uploaded by ravisastry.

This sign reads…

GENERAL SHERMAN TREE
LARGEST LIVING THING ON EARTH

“The General Sherman Tree stands as the ultimate example of the growth potential of a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). Other types of trees are taller, or thicker at the base, but not other living thing on this planet exceeds the volume of this giant sequoia. The General Sherman Tree owes its immense size not to great age (many other sequoias are older) but rather to its very rapid growth rate. For over two thousand years this tree has survived numerous fires, climatic change and even the coming of modern man. Today it remains not only the world’s largest living thing, but also one of the fastest growing.”

Estimated Age 2,300 – 2,700 years
Estimated Wight of trunk 1385 t. (1256 m.t. )
Height Above Base 274.9 ft (83.8 meters)
Circumference as Ground 102.6 ft. (31.3 meters)
Maximum diameter at base 36.5 ft. (11.1 meters)
Diameter 60 ft. above ground 17.5 ft (5.3 meters)
Diameter 180 ft. above ground 14.0 ft. (4.3 meters)
Diameter of largest branch 6.8 ft. (2.1 meters)
Height of First large branch 130 ft. (39.6 meters)
Volume of trunk 52,500 cu. ft. (1,486.6 cu.m.)

General Sherman Tree, originally uploaded by justinm.

Triumph or Tragedy? - A felled Giant

People and Horses on a Gigantic Redwood Log, originally uploaded by David C. Foster.

This is an old image of a felled Redwood tree that I do not know the history behind or the date. The image itself tells most of the story. About a hundred men, a few women and a team of horses posing with a recently felled giant redwood tree. If you look closely the horses are up on top of the felled tree!

I assume that the people in this picture have something to do with the felled tree. Perhaps they are all employees of the logging company that cut the tree down. They seem somewhat proud of their achievement. I wonder what was going through their minds as they watched one of the planets largest living monuments come crashing down? Judging from this picture it looks to me like this may have been one of the biggest trees of all time.

Does this picture tell a tale of man conquering nature or man destroying nature? Somehow I don´t think this is what God had in mind when he gave Adam and Eve (mankind) dominion over the world he created.