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Giant Sequoia

This segment of a trunk of a Giant sequoia is 5 meters wide, and came from a tree that was cut down specially for the Chicago World Fair in 1893.The tree was 1,300 years old when it was felled, and had it not been cut down, could have continued to grow for another 1,000 years.

Photo credits:   Paul Gravestock

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