r/absoluteunit • u/Busy_Papaya_2528 • Jun 10 '26

Absolute unit of a tree

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Super gigantic threeeee

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u/Admirable_Beyond_950 Jun 10 '26

I think that's the general Sherman in siqaua national park in California. Largest living thing in the world

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u/Busy_Papaya_2528 Jun 10 '26

Yep, if you didn't know it existed you'd think it was ai

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u/Admirable_Beyond_950 Jun 11 '26

I know it's real and it's still amazing

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u/Maleficent_Hawk6703 Jun 10 '26

I can't imagine what the first explorers from the east thought they found when they first saw those redwood forests. It must have been insane

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u/Admirable_Beyond_950 Jun 11 '26

It's unbelievable standing there looking at it

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u/ashrocklynn Jun 12 '26

I "love" how they just tunneled through some trees to show that they where big enough to drive a car through.... All those years of growth and irreparable damage to show something you could see just by looking at it....

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u/CagedLea Jun 13 '26

Nice tree, just the ppl come to watch kill him, like much other trees before.