N20161123-0001—Sequoia sempervirens—RPBG-1—DxO

Sequoia sempervirens—coastal redwood. Few living things inspire awe like a redwood tree. The tree photographed is one of the largest trees in the garden yet, in redwood time, it is really a very young tree planted in 1940. Many redwoods live for more than 1500 years. Should this tree survive until 3576 it will be as far removed from our time as we puny humans are from the traditional date for the fall of the Roman Empire. Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley, CA

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