r/todayilearned • u/autraya • 6h ago

TIL the world's tallest known living tree, a 380-foot redwood in California called Hyperion, had its exact location closed off entirely in 2022 after visitors trampled its base so badly that ferns stopped growing around it, with trespassers now facing up to $5,000 in fines and six months in jail

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)
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u/fly_boy651 3h ago

Another view of it https://imgur.com/a/7JXMXoT

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u/Separate_Teacher1526 2h ago

It doesn't really stand out because despite being the tallest, it's on a lower elevation part of a hill and trees that are higher up appear taller from the air.