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10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World.


10. Lone Cypress in Monterey


The Lone Cypress

Lone Cypress at Pebble Beach

9. Circus Trees


Basket Circus Tree

Circus Tree with Two Legs

Ladder Tree

Axel Erlandson underneath a Circus Tree

8. Giant Sequoias: General Sherman


General Sherman Tree

7. Coast Redwood: Hyperion and Drive-Thru Trees


Stratosphere Giant

Chandelier Tree

6. Chapel-Oak of Allouville-Bellefosse


Chapel Oak Tree

Chapel Oak Tree

Chapel Oak Tree

5. Quaking Aspen: Pando (The Trembling Giant)


Quaking Aspen Grove

Aspen Grove

Aspen in winter and snow

4. Montezuma Cypress: The Tule Tree


Tule Tree next to a church

Girth of the Tule Tree

Detail of knotted burl of the Tule Tree

3. Banyan Tree: Sri Maha Bodhi Tree


Banyan tree

Banyan tree's aerial root system

Banyan tree at Ta Prohm temple

Banyan Tree which Buddha sat under

Sri Maha Bodhi

2. Bristlecone Pine: Methuselah and Prometheus, the Oldest Trees in the World.



Prometheus bristlecone pine grove

Stump of Prometheus

1. Baobab


Baobab Avenue

Baobab

Baobab at sunset

Teapot baobab

Baobab in Tanzania

Another baobab in Africa

Toilet inside a baobab tree

Prison boab

Bonus: Tree That Owns Itself


Tree that Owns Itself

Bonus 2: The Lonely Tree of Ténéré


Tree of Tenere

Metal sculpture of Tenere tree