When people travel across the world to see the coast redwoods, good chance they are not thinking about seeds in orbit when they see the moon over the forest at night. But over 40 years ago, coast redwood seeds did indeed orbit the moon on Apollo 14; later planted across the United States. One of the […]
This December, I wrote a new page about Coast Redwood species having the widest tree trunk known around the planet. Wider than Giant Sequoia or the El Arbor del Tule. The page adds a “footprint” drawing for El Arbor to show how its diameter can become exaggerated compared to other trunks that have a more entire […]
Copyright 2015 by Mario D. Vaden We’re not even into a Rumble in the Jungle climate event yet and some humans are already sweating bullets of worry ! I’m not going to get very technical on this because heads could explode reading all the research and opinions about past climate changes, catastrophes and extinctions. Not everything is […]
A few of you may be aware that scattering ashes is allowed in redwood parks with a permit. Thinking about this, an idea came to mind how to memorialize our own family and close the distance between between park and residence. A print canvas of the park or grove where a loved one is laid to rest. […]
Navarro Redwoods and Humboldt Redwoods Avenue of the Giants Barely got 4 pages into these books a couple days ago, and decided to wait for my redwood visit a week from now to relax and enjoy. But the sample I read was exceptionally well written, and reminded me of how some wines or foods improve with […]
Few people probably realize how great the height difference is between west coast tree species and other species to the east. Hopefully tree enthusiasts across the country don’t take this the wrong way, because I don’t consider trees in the eastern 3/4 of the USA as tall. Some are tall for their species, but not […]
For those curious about which park will reveal the largest redwoods during their visit, the best answer may be Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, in Humboldt county. Following the 2007 release of The Wild Trees, by R. Preston, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park got a nudge in reputation for having the largest coast redwoods, for about […]
Just updated my book review page for The Wild Trees The Wild Trees by Richard Preston The book came to mind this week as I considered something about author Richard Preston. In the past 8 years or so, I don’t recall hearing about him returning to the coast redwoods of northern California. Certainly he is […]
During June, 2015, my prints will fill the Artist of the Month section of the Crescent Harbor Art Gallery. The display started with 12 pieces. After June, I will hang a few prints in the gallery each season, except in contest months. Elsewhere, but nearby, I reserved a booth for the arts festival, July 3rd & 4th, […]
Over the years. I’ve read a lot of articles and image captions, where people claimed “photos cannot do justice for the redwoods”. The comments often referred to photos falling-short of conveying size. It may be that most of them do not know how to compose that type of image. But I realized that the bigger […]
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