Capturing the World's 2nd Largest Tree in a Single Shot

See more: http://bit.ly/TVehd4 The world's second-largest known tree, the President, in Sequoia National Park is photographed by National Geographic magazine photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols for the December 2012 issue. The final photograph is a mosaic of 126 images. More video can be seen in the magazine's digital editions on iPad, iPhone, and Kindle Fire.

This is so gorgeous on so many levels.  

Named “The President” the giant sequoia that was photographed is named “The President” and is located in Giant Forest of California’s Sequoia National Park. 

Photographer Michael “Nick” Nichols captured a photograph of the 247-foot-tall tree that scientists estimate is at least 3,200 years old.

Check out the whole Nat Geo story.

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