Theodore Roosevelt
A slice from the Mark Twain Tree was sent to the American Museum of Natural History in New York,
and another slice to the British Museum of Natural History in Kensington, London.
(That’s my hand, bottom-left corner.)
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This is a photo of the slice that’s on display in the American Museum of Natural History.
The Mark Twain Tree was a giant sequoia that started growing in 550 AD.
When it was felled, it measured 8.7 metres (28.6 feet) in diameter.
That’s a circumference of 27.4 metres (90 feet).
Today, it is illegal to cut down giant sequoias.
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This is my next entry in Becky’s July Squares Photo Challenge – Trees.
CLARE'S COSMOS 
Wow, that is huge and it’s a good job that it’s illegal to cut them down! thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thanx Lucy. I do have a photo of me standing in front of it and it makes it look even bigger. Hope you are keeping well and all settled back in SA.
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Thanks Clare and yes – so far so good in SA although the Queensland winter is seeming rather appealing right now.
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We have had two or three rather cool days when I put the AC on heat cause my teeth were chattering but I’ve no doubt it’s much colder down there. Stay safe and keep well 🥰
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thank goodness it is illegal to cut them down these days. Not sure many are left this size, but hopefully the ones that are still growing will become this size in another few hundred years. Extraordinary trees
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Absolutely. I hope to hug one, one day.
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You may not get your arms very far round!!! I must dig out my photos of the last time I saw them
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I’ll look forward to seeing your photo, and to at least touch one will be thrilling.
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I’ll add it to my August/September list 🙂 as very unlikely to find the photos before the end of squares!!!
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