National Geographic's Best of 2012

Giant Sequoias | December 2012 National Geographic magazine
Cloaked in the snows of California's Sierra Nevada, the 3,200-year-old giant sequoia called the President rises 247 feet. Two other sequoias have wider trunks, but none has a larger crown, say the scientists who climbed it. The figure at top seems taller than the other climbers because he's standing forward on one of the great limbs. (Photo by Michael “Nick” Nichols/National ... more 

Giant Sequoias | December 2012 National Geographic magazine
Cloaked in the snows of California's Sierra Nevada, the 3,200-year-old giant sequoia called the President rises 247 feet. Two other sequoias have wider trunks, but none has a larger crown, say the scientists who climbed it. The figure at top seems taller than the other climbers because he's standing forward on one of the great limbs. (Photo by Michael “Nick” Nichols/National Geographic)

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