Hyperion (Tree)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)

by carabiner • 1 year ago

28 17 1 year ago

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I was wondering whether the editors had debated whether or not to also help keep Hyperion's location secret, indeed there is discussion, and several back-and-forth inclusion/retractions of the location, on the talk page of that article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hyperion_(tree)

solardev5• 1 year ago

A few years ago we followed one of those coordinates (from the edit history) to try to find the tree. Got within a few meters but it didn't look like the photos and there was no redwood there much taller than the others. Still was a fun hike. The coords were just a mile or two off the paved road, but involved a bit of bushwhacking and log jumping.

Left my hat there on a branch too :( If anyone finds it, let me know, I miss that thing...

unkeen• 1 year ago

What made you think YOU didn't contribute to the "devastation of the habitat surrounding Hyperion caused by visitors"?

mkl• 1 year ago

I hadn't heard of the second and third tallest species, South Tibetan cypress and Yellow meranti. There are also far more very tall eucalyptus species than I expected.

Unfortunately these are just the tallest current trees, and there are records (some believable, some dubious) of much taller trees in the relatively recent past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superlative_trees#Tall...

TheSpiceIsLife• 1 year ago

Centurion - 100m / 330 feet, Eucalyptus regnans, 1.5hr south of Hobart, tallest flowering tree.

fc417fc802• 1 year ago

I found the list of superlative trees more interesting. I had no idea there were organisms other than fungus that grew to this scale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)

xnx2• 1 year ago

Amazing. Like a 38 story building. Much taller than the Statue of Liberty. Almost as tall as Starship.

solardev5• 1 year ago

Better picture, with tree climbers for scale: https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2009/09/redwoods.ht...

blackeyeblitzar• 1 year ago

Is that a photo of the actual tallest tree or just the tallest photographed tree?

solardev5• 1 year ago

The book The Wild Trees is a fantastic story about finding this tree.

azurezyq• 1 year ago

Hiked to the tree a few years ago. It is a very strong, healthy, attractive tree. You really feel the power of life when looking at it. Mighty.

fifticon• 1 year ago

nice to see all the fern tramplers signing in, sigh :-/

Hyperion (Tree)

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