NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: The enormity and majesty of a California redwood captured by National Geographic photographer
According to The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, “Some 90 to 95% of old growth [redwood] forest has been felled since, and the remainder is now almost entirely in parks and reserves.” More at NPR.
Image: Michael Nichols/National Geographic
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what an amazing photo …. the tree is beautiful
That is a awsome photo! Someday I hope to climb a Redwood Tree!
This was also shown in the Nat Geo Explorer show. It was just put online a few days ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDasTOjQEos&playnext_from=SL
44 minutes, with climbing, the Fay transect, and a segment about Nichols and how his team got this photo done.
MDV / Oregon
Is there any where to purchase this in a high megapixal print? I would love this shot framed in my house but I can’t find anywhere to purchase it.