200506 Pierre USA California Redwood NP Giant Sequoia

Extraordinary Trees


We have seen so many giant or curious or very old trees in the world that I could not let this subject undocumented! That will come occasion by occasion when visiting my pics again!

200506 Pierre USA California Redwood NP Giant Sequ…

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The tallest reaches 115,61 m (second floor of Eiffel tower) and is named Hyperion; With that high stature they attract lightening during storms and burn in their heart; The heat produced is necessary to make their thick seeds explode and assure the regeneration impossible other way! Sometimes park rangers fire them to obtain this process! USA California Redwood NP.

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This elephant foot looking one seemed to be posed on the ground by a fairy and to have no roots; Many black spots on the trunk reveal that it has known fire but has resisted to death; A sweet velvet color dresses it; USA California Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

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USA California Calaveras Big Trees SP.

PICT2466bc Pierre Looks Like a Lilliput Man

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USA California Calaveras Big Trees State Park.

P6153197ab Plougrescant Pors Hir Splendid Marine P…

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Incredible shape of this pine decidely turned to the sea! France Bretagne Region (Brittany) Côtes -d'Armor Department Plougrescant Pors Hir beach.

Sulawesi Toraja's Dead Rituals

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We made the flight from Bali to Ujung Pandang (ancient Makassar) then continued by car up to Pare Pare, Rantepao to join Tana Toraja tribe in 1992; It has been with no doubt our most impressive trip, quite frightening, where the dead relatives are dug up, cleaned to wear new clothes, even have their hair-dressed to participate the sometimes long traditional rituals (days,weeks,monthes) all of this in the blood of of just killed buffalos spread on soil, reinforcing horror in our minds which are so far of such traditions! And I don't speak of the abominable death smell present everywhere that let them indifferent! The tree in third up left picture of this montage serves as cemetery for babies so their souls are directly brought to heaven by the sap; Indonesia Sulawesi Toraja tribe funeral traditions. Nous avons fait le vol de Bali à Ujung Pandang (ancienne Makassar) puis continué en voiture jusqu'à Pare Pare, Rantepao pour rejoindre la tribu Tana Toraja en 1992; Ce fut sans aucun doute notre voyage le plus impressionnant, assez effrayant, où les parents décédés sont déterrés, nettoyés pour porter de nouveaux vêtements, même coiffés pour participer aux rituels traditionnels parfois longs (jours, semaines, mois) tous ceci dans le sang de buffles juste tués et répandu sur le sol, renforçant l'horreur dans nos esprits qui sont si loin de telles traditions! Et je ne parle pas de l'abominable odeur de mort présente partout qui les laisse indifférents! L'arbre dans la troisième photo en haut à gauche de ce montage sert de cimetière pour les bébés afin que leurs âmes soient directement amenées au ciel par la sève; Indonésie Sulawesi Toraja traditions funéraires.