Large Fire Scars by junge1

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Mar 05, 2016

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Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) are also called' Sierra Redwoods' or 'Big Tree' can live to over 3,000 years. Over their long lifespan they are exposed to harsh winter conditions, drought, heavy precipitation and forest fires. Chemical Tannins in the bark and wood resists disease, rot, and insects. The thick fibrous bark provides superior insulation against fire with little flammable sap, it doesn't burn easily. During forest fires the air current near the ground has a tendency to flow uphill. for this reason any fire on the downhill side of a tree trunk gets extinguished sooner while on the uphill side of the trunk fires linger on and create over time these massive scars. They do not kill the tree, but when there are adverse conditions, like a heavy snow load, high winds, or a softening of the ground due to heavy precipitation, the trees base may become unstable, somewhat less supported on the fire scar side of the trunk and the massive weight of the tree may help topple it, usually toward uphill, i.e. the fire scar side. (Source: Sequoia National Park brochure). This picture was taken on 22 August 2015, Sig...

Comments (18)

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farmerC

1:25PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

Shining shot.

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virginiese

1:27PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

stunning !

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kgb224

2:02PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

Superb capture my friend. God bless.

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durleybeachbum

3:38PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

Amazing to see, and most intersting information.

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longprong

4:10PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

Interesting....I did not know that :)

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flavia49

5:06PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

nice capture

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Faemike55

5:31PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

Just learned something new here.
full view is a MUST

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Richardphotos

10:05PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

lighting does some very strange things. great capture. have you seen the redwood in the Redwood forest near San Jose,CA? people may walk inside of the tree

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junge1

10:09PM | Sat, 05 March 2016

@Richardphotos: No Richard!

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giulband

12:05AM | Sun, 06 March 2016

Very beautiful trees !! I hope its resist to the fire damage for log times !

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SunriseGirl

12:48AM | Sun, 06 March 2016

What a great capture with the info about the fire scars. I was not aware of the fire resistance of these beautiful trees. Thanks for sharing the photo and the info.

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soffy

12:51AM | Sun, 06 March 2016

Wonderful capture and thanks for the interesting info ****

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starship64

1:48AM | Sun, 06 March 2016

Beautiful shot!

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ontar1

6:01AM | Sun, 06 March 2016

Wow, that is interesting, great capture and thank you for the information!

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UteBigSmile

2:15PM | Sun, 06 March 2016

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MrsRatbag

7:40PM | Sun, 06 March 2016

I'm always amazed that they look like "normal" trees until you see a human next to them to put it all into perspective. Super shot of this giant beauty!

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