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IAmRotagilla t1_j6ds3ur wrote

Reply to comment by sfcnmone in Redwoods. Mariposa Grove. Yosemite NP CA. [3662x2441] [OC] by chezgky

We visited two coastal redwood parks north of Eureka in June. Spent several hours walking among and admiring those beauties. The experience is like no other. My girlfriend had never seen a giant redwood. She was astonished too. (Didn’t pee, though.) Nature humbles us in the best way.

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sfcnmone t1_j6dzldq wrote

The coast redwoods (sequoia sempervirens) make me think of Rivendell. The giant sequoia, like in this photo (sequoia giganteum) are like the Ents.

There's another sequoia with a really fascinating story. We have them in San Francisco in the botanical garden. Dawn redwoods, if you are interested in this very beautiful deciduous "extinct" redwood:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasequoia_glyptostroboides

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