Living contemporaries of Jesus Christ - Part 5

The tallest trees in the world (continued, part 5) Discoveries in 2006 are striking: these trees grow on the slopes, not in the center of the valleys, where most of the water, and where there are all the previous contenders for the title of "highest now existing tree in the world. " This means that there is a strong likelihood that there are even higher, but still have not found the trees, because people just are not looking for them in such places. Now the wooded slopes of the scour hunters tall trees, Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. In such a place in August 2006 found the highest at that time, the tree height of 115.55 m. In 2007, Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor had already combed the majority of these new, unexpected places. They believe that the discovery of a tree, more than Hyperion, is rather unlikely, but who knows what will happen to these aspiring researchers. Hyperion was lucky: only a few hundred feet away is the edge of cutting the seventies. Deforestation is a method of forest where all trees are felled in the area, and the whole area is devastated. A couple of weeks before the Hyperion could become a victim of chainsaws, the valley was incorporated into the National Park Redwood National Park, during the reign of President Carter. Logging companies, fearing that, worked 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, continuing to cut down the dense woodland that existed long before people in general have appeared in these valleys. In the seventies there were only frightening 15% of the abundant forest redwoods, and today they exist only 4%, and even today, when you read these lines, remnant forest stands of California continues to cut down. By the standards of redwoods, Hyperion still a young tree, and continues to grow vigorously. Famous botanist Stephen Sillett believes that the tree may be "only" 600 years, which translated into a human life is about 20 years. Type sequoia forests with Giant Stratosphere »(« Stratosphere Giant »), which until 2006 was considered the world's tallest tree (height - 112.83 m) Prior to 2006, the tallest known redwood was the evergreen" Stratospheric Giant »« The Stratosphere Giant ». Its height is 112.83 meters (measured in 2004, Steve Sillett). Gigantic plant was discovered in August 2000 (discovery belongs to Chris Atkins) in the State Park, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California, which grows many of these giants. Start material: Read more: