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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Just added a new page to the site about Westridge trail in Prairie Creek. Its a wonderful trail for hiking and photography. To keep this post brief, here’s a small image and the page link for more information. http://www.mdvaden.com/redwood_trail_westridge.shtml Image: Westridge Trail
Welcome to the Hobbit House of Prairie Creek redwoods … if you have imagination. This room within a redwood also has a window with a beautiful forest view. The area is Cal-Barrel Rd., off Drury Pkwy. The old road has a lot of scenery, and it probably should be rated as a hike. There are […]
Bringing 2014 to an end, I want to share the story behind the Coast Redwood photo some refer to as “The Lady in Red”. The print was released 20″ x 30″ with another moniker … but that name sounds good too. … continued below image I wanted to capture the beauty and size of it just […]
The group below are students, teachers and adults, who were staying at the Howland Hill Outdoor School on the edge of Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. The image shows them on Boy Scout Tree trail the first morning after their arrival the evening before. If you search online “National Park Service, Howland Hill Outdoor School” […]
This is my most recent print on canvas, available as 20 in. x 30 in. … taken in Redwood National Park, during an unseasonable 80 (+) degrees Spring afternoon. The trunk is over 20 ft. diameter, with a large burl near the base. Added to www.vadenphotography.com
Recently, enforcement rangers said they considered off-trail exploring & measuring to be “data collection”. So to play it safe, I applied for a research permit to go off-trail, tape-wrap diameters, and laser measure height; new finds and re-measures. Later, I may also apply for a photography permit for extra aspects of photos in the redwoods. […]
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