Ever seen the Corkscrew Tree coast redwood in Prairie Creek? In 2017, I finally figured out how that redwood probably formed, and shared a short video to explain. In a nutshell, it’s a cathedral redwood that used to have a middle trunk that rotted or burned. The missing trunk’s convex or round surfaces caused the […]
The photo below is from January 2017. A rare winter dusting of snow and hail arrived around New Year’s Day and lingered for several days, sprinkling the redwood coast of Del Norte and Humboldt in northern California. An hour east, Cave Junction got upward of 20 inches snow, but the redwoods got just enough to enhance the […]
What is the truth about fog and coast redwoods? What is the role of fog in those forests, and is everything we read and hear about it true? How about if we start with the myth that coast redwoods need fog to survive. Coast redwood’s natural range is near the coast, but they are planted […]
For those not familiar with coast redwood measuring, there are mainly two methods employed. One involves a climber going to the top and dropping a tape to the ground. The second method is using a laser rangefinder from the ground. Sometimes a climber can’t drop the tape all the way and may also use a laser […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
Just wrapped up 2 more days of exploring in the Coast Redwoods again, with Chris Atkins of Santa Rosa. We spent most of one day in a remarkable patch of forest … The Catacombs. The location is unique, but compared to other groves, the “Atlas Grove” that Preston wrote about in The Wild Trees, is […]
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