I think this fallen tree had grown too close to the river and despite its obvious great age,
eventually encountered a wind its root system couldn't withstand.

I'm not a tree-hugger and view trees as a valuable renewable resource to be used by mankind,
but these giant redwoods are so awe-inspiring, majestic, and ancient that to indiscriminately
cut them down for their wood seems immoral. I'm very glad someone had the foresight to protect
them before they were all destroyed. Only 4% of them remain. Sad. Living organisms as old as
these trees deserve nothing but our respect and admiration to have survived for so long.

Photographed in the Stout Grove of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park near Crescent City, California USA.