Giant phenomena’s are always an interesting thing for the human eye to see but the natural colossal size of the sequoia would surprise anyone.

The place in which you would have to visit to find one of these trees is in Americas Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.

Also some are located in the Giant Forest of the Sequoia national park established in 1890 to prevent any damage to the trees and still allow access to see them.

Many people would wonder why the trees haven’t been used for resources, the reason for this is that the wood from a giant sequoia is very resistant to decay and its fibrous and brittle build makes it generally useless for construction.

Although it has been used for such things as for shingles and fence posts, or even for matchsticks.

The largest of the sequoias is a tree named General Sherman with a height of 83.8 meters (275 foot), believed to be around 2,500 years old.

For any young childhood tree climber the giant sequoia would be a dream voyage.

Some of the trees in California can be thousands of years old and have seen civilizations come and go, withstanding many winters and summers.

The cold weather is no harm to the trees as they are shaped for winter periods, the tree can also withstand fire, its thick bark protects it from burning in lightning-caused fires.

The trees are slowly being introduced around the world, in 1853 great Sequoias were planted in Scotland by a man named John D. Matthew, the trees are reserved in Benmore Botanic Garden in Argyll and some have already reached 174 feet. Also Australia and New Zealand have sequoias planted up to 150 years ago.