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Redwood National Park – California

Images of Redwood National Park – Northern California, taken in April 2017.

Along the west coast of the US, in small pockets with the perfect environment, the world’s tallest trees have stood for thousands of years. These pockets of endangered trees are now thriving and in 1994 to better protect the magnificent redwood trees and their environment, Redwood National Park was expanded to incorporate three California Redwoods State Parks; Prairie Creek, Del Norte Coast and Jedediah Smith.

No matter how much time I spend in this area I never tire of walking among the redwoods, they are truly spectacular. A redwood can live up to 2000 years and grow to over 380 feet tall. It’s one thing to crane your neck skyward in an attempt to see the top of these trees but it’s another to comprehend their size at eye level where they can grow up to 22 feet in diameter. The brain, knowing what “normal” trees look like, struggles to grasp the reality placed before it. You’re dwarfed by your surroundings and in a semi dark environment because the canopy above blocks out most of the sunlight. It is a foreign experience yet an awe inspiring one…
Redwood next to the parking area at the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Redwood next to the parking area at the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Early morning sunlight on a redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Early morning sunlight on a redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Looking up at a giant Redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Looking up at a giant Redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Giant Redwoods in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Giant Redwoods in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 The morning sun lights branches below the canopy in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
The morning sun lights branches below the canopy in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Redwoods in the early morning sunlight in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Redwoods in the early morning sunlight in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Moss backlit by early morning light in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Moss backlit by early morning light in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Redwood tree towers over the forest in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Redwood tree towers over the forest in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 A snail hangs upside-down on a fallen redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
A snail hangs upside-down on a fallen redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Base of a large redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Base of a large redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Burned out redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Burned out redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Looking up from inside a burned out redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Looking up from inside a burned out redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 View from inside a burned out redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
View from inside a burned out redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Barren redwood treetop in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Barren redwood treetop in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Towering redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Towering redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Early morning light on a redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Early morning light on a redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Redwood Sorrel and moss growing on a downed redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Redwood Sorrel and moss growing on a downed redwood in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 White Trillium in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
White Trillium in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park		 Elk in a clearing in Redwood National Park
Elk in a clearing in Redwood National Park		 Redwood ‘leaves” in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Redwood ‘leaves” in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in Redwood National Park
Vultures along the coast in Redwood National Park
Vultures along the coast in Redwood National Park		 Redwood “driftwood” washed up on a Pacific Ocean beach in Redwood National Park
Redwood “driftwood” washed up on a Pacific Ocean beach in Redwood National Park		 Redwood Sorrels cover a downed Redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Redwood Sorrels cover a downed Redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 A fallen Redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
A fallen Redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Gigantic redwoods along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Gigantic redwoods along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
A towering redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
A towering redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 The Corkscrew Tree along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
The Corkscrew Tree along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Leaves highlighted in the sun along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Leaves highlighted in the sun along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 The 304 foot tall Big Tree (21 ft. in diameter; 1500 years old) along the Foothill Trail in Redwood National Park
The 304 foot tall Big Tree (21 ft. in diameter; 1500 years old) along the Foothill Trail in Redwood National Park		 Redwood growing from the trunk of a dead tree along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Redwood growing from the trunk of a dead tree along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Tunnels cut through fallen redwoods along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Tunnels cut through fallen redwoods along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Recently fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Recently fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Large redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Large redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Oregon Grape and Redwood Sorrel along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Oregon Grape and Redwood Sorrel along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Giant redwood root along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Giant redwood root along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Moss, ferns and Redwood Sorrel grow on a fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Moss, ferns and Redwood Sorrel grow on a fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Fern sprout along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Fern sprout along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Plant life on the side of a fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Plant life on the side of a fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park		 Ferns grow on a fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park
Ferns grow on a fallen redwood along the Prairie Creek Trail in Redwood National Park

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