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Wood Art #2: Biggest, Tallest Tree Photo Ever

Blog entry by Gary Fixler posted 53 days ago 399 reads 0 times favorited 11 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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It is a pretty awesome photo, but I won’t repost it here. Check it out over on NPR, which also has an article about it, a movie on the making-of, and a slideshow.

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator


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sidestepmcgee

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posted 53 days ago

page is not anymore,thanks though

-- eric post, tallahassee FL

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TopamaxSurvivor

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posted 53 days ago

it’s here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/09/redwoods.html

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Gary Fixler

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posted 53 days ago

Sorry about the bad link. I was a bit in a rush when I posted and neglected my usual post-post link-check phase.

And thanks for getting my back, Topamax – I made the edit to the link in the post.

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

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posted 53 days ago

Wow what a beauty !!

-- rob

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boundsteelblues

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posted 53 days ago

Thank you for the link. I saw the TV today. Can’t wait to watch the show.

-- A tree is our most intimate contact with nature. - George Nakashima

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TopamaxSurvivor

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posted 52 days ago

You’re welcome Gary. Googles it and it came right up. Think you coould get that tree turned in a lifetime?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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socalwood

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posted 52 days ago

Years ago I stomped around in the hills with my wife to be , gazing up at trees like the General Sherman in awe . Little did I know I would be a Lumber Jock , VERY much later. Soul of a tree , thank you George.Thank you Gary -

-- rob

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posted 52 days ago

National Geographic Magazine has an great article on the trees and a long fold out of the photograph.

-- Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can walk.

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posted 52 days ago

Now thats some tree.

Would make dor a nice bit of turning.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

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Gary Fixler

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posted 52 days ago

Topamax – I think if I devoted my life to only making large redwood turnings, I could probably get through it. So no, I don’t think I could ;)

If you go to the NatGeo site (they link it at the bottom of the article), there’s actually a lot more stuff, including a larger version of the gatefold image of the tree, another video with different footage that’s worth seeing, and interactive things, like the timeline of a huge redwood’s growth rings.

-- Gary, Los Angeles, video game animator

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PurpLev

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posted 52 days ago

that would make an awesome elven tree-house

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