This Tree Is So Massive That It’s Never Been Able To Fit Into A Single Photo. Until Now.

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This Tree Is So Massive That It’s Never Been Able To Fit Into A Single Photo. Until Now.


There is a tree that is 3,200 years old that sits in Nevada’s Sequoia National Park and goes by the nickname “The President”.


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The President stands 247 feet tall and is 3,200 years old.

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This tree has more needles than any other tree in the world. A whopping 2 BILLION needles.

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It’s also the fastest growing tree in the world growing as fast as one cubic meter per year.

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It’s so big that it’s never been caught on a single photo image, until now.

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National Geographic set up a team to capture the tree in a single image. The photo, is actually a mosaic, is made up of 126 photos in order to capture the full-length shot.

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It look special pulleys to pull of the shot.

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And the final result is simply breathtaking.

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This tree is by no means, the tallest in the world. The tallest in the world actually goes to a California Redwood which stands 379 get tall. Bu in terms of mass, it’s one of the largest. The stunning shot of the tree was featured as a five page fold-out in National Geographic (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/sequoias/nichols-photography#/01-sequoia-climbing-team-670.jpg).

Source: National Geographic (http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/sequoias/nichols-photography#/01-sequoia-climbing-team-670.jpg)

This Tree Is So Massive That It's Never Been Able To Fit Into A Single Photo. Until Now. (http://www.sliptalk.com/the-president-tree/#.UysmRvldWE8)


Check out the video of how the captured this image:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNCH6uhB_Bs