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One of two things: Needed more ride height as the springs were sagging, or the spring had stress cracks

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Hyperion the world's tallest tree : Hyperion, which looms above the lost coast of Northern California, is the world's tallest tree.The tallest trees on Earth are the coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) that loom over the mist-shrouded coastline of Redwood National Park, in Northern California. And the king of these giants is a tree known as Hyperion, according to Guinness World Records. When it was last measured in 2019, it stood an eye-popping 380 feet, 9.7 inches (116.07 meters) tall from top to base, taller than a 35-story building.Hyperion is estimated to be between 600 and 800 years old


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Blackbird catching a ride on an osprey’s stick in Michigan
Photo: Jocelyn Anderson Photography

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Hyperion the world's tallest tree : Hyperion, which looms above the lost coast of Northern California, is the world's tallest tree.The tallest trees on Earth are the coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) that loom over the mist-shrouded coastline of Redwood National Park, in Northern California. And the king of these giants is a tree known as Hyperion, according to Guinness World Records. When it was last measured in 2019, it stood an eye-popping 380 feet, 9.7 inches (116.07 meters) tall from top to base, taller than a 35-story building.Hyperion is estimated to be between 600 and 800 years old

Hyperion is now off limits to visitors to keep people from damaging the fragile environment that allowed this tree to become what it has become.

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/01/1114846960/hyperion-tree-off-limits-fine

If Hyperion is considered the world's tallest living tree but no one is allowed to see it, is it still the tallest?

Well, yes — but starting now, visitors who attempt to see the Guinness World Record tree in person will risk a $5,000 fine and six months in jail.

California's Redwood National Park is urging visitors to stay away from Hyperion — and the area around it — which have been damaged as a result of the tree's popularity.

An explosion in visitors is threatening the very things national parks try to protect

Hyperion is located in a closed area, meaning there's no formal trail to reach the site. Still, over the years, many tree enthusiasts pursued the trek, trampling and damaging the habitat leading up to Hyperion, according to Redwood National Park.

Employees have also found trash and human waste on the way to the site.

"As a visitor, you must decide if you will be part of the preservation of this unique landscape — or will you be part of its destruction?" the park wrote in a statement last week.

Hyperion, which is a coast redwood, towers at 380 feet. For reference, that's 1.25 times bigger than the Statue of Liberty in New York.

Named after one of the Titans in Greek Mythology, Hyperion was discovered by two researchers in 2006. The park is home to several of the world's tallest known trees, including Helios and Icarus, which are 377 feet and 371 feet respectively.

Redwoods in northern California get their height from a combination of their leaves and the region's climate. Their leaves tend to absorb and store more moisture from morning fog and the species produces burl sprouts, which promotes growth after injury. For these reasons, redwoods are also able to live an incredibly long time.

But their roots are more shallow than those of other trees, which means it's easy for hikers to have an impact on the soil. And like many older things, these trees are delicate.

"Forests grow by the inch and die by the foot," the statement said. "A single visitor can make a drastic negative change to an environment."

Hyperion may be a record holder, but the statement argues that it doesn't match the hype and that trying to see it isn't worth the penalty. The tree is tall, but its height is difficult to observe from the ground and the trunk isn't impressive either.

"Hyperion's trunk is small in comparison to many other old-growth redwood trees," the statement said. "There are hundreds of trees on designated trails that are more impressive to view from the tree's base."

While the Hyperion is believed to be the world's tallest living tree, it isn't the largest. That title goes to the General Sherman tree in California's Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park.

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1940- British soldiers (interrupted during drag show rehearsals by a German raid) manning a Bl 6-Inch Mk Vii Naval Gun at Shornemead Fort, England.








Gold miner panning the dirt at his cabin.

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In keeping with the redwood theme... Taken in the yard of the house we stayed in last week:

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Old Store in Ruidoso, NM. Ca. 1880.

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Palazzo Reale di Napoli by Domenico Fontana, built around 1600.

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(This pew is always left empty - NO ONE is allowed to sit her. It remains a memorial to all those who have given their all in the defense of this great nation.)

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Sculpted Elephants at the Carlsberg Beer Factory, built in 1901. Copenhagen, Denmark.




4 August 1943 - A radar-equipped Catalina PBY carries out predawn bombing of a submarine base and main Japanese camp area on Kiska. The Catalina also drops 92 empty beer bottles (for the disconcerting whistling effect they produce) on those targets.


A family at a drive-in restaurant has cool air piped into their car. 1957.


Dolmen of Soto (Andalusia, Spain) Discovered in 1922, Dolmen de Soto is located in the municipality of Trigueros (Huelva). Iberia . It is one of the most important and best preserved megalithic monuments on the Peninsula. Construction must have taken place between the Neolithic and Bronze Age ( ie 3000-2500 BC ) . J - C ) . This magnificent megalithic complex is covered by a large earth hill with a diameter of about 60 meters and is surrounded by a 65 meter circle of stones. Inside the Dolmen de Soto , there is a room and a 21 - meter corridor made of large slabs of various stones : granite , stone or ski .

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Originally Posted by daepp

(This pew is always left empty - NO ONE is allowed to sit her. It remains a memorial to all those who have given their all in the defense of this great nation.)

Very cool idea!

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Meet Walt Drake. He was a part of the 434th Fighter Squadron. Activated in October 1943 during his service he flew cover for Allied troops during the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Normandy along the English Channel coast of Northern France. For his first 34 combat missions, Drake flew Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft (named the “fork-tailed devil” by the Luftwaffe). In aerial combat in his P-38, Drake shot down a Messerschmitt Bf 109 German fighter aircraft, the backbone of the Luftwaffe’s fighter force. He also destroyed three of the Bf 109 aircraft on the ground.


Log Trucks in North Bend, Washington. 1943, US.


Analog robot. No electricity needed.




William Alexander Anderson "Bigfoot" Wallace, a famous Texas Ranger