Redwood Trees - Serquoia sempervirens

I just finished an amazing book, “The Wild Trees” by Richard Preston. It is an interesting account of my favorite trees and the search by a group of folks for the tallest tree. The final chapter ends with the filming of, and documentation of Hyperion.
See: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070123-redwoods-video.html

There is a poster you can buy of it: View of the Trunk of the Tallest Tree in the World by James P. Blair

And the article from the Chronicle about its discovery:
Eureka: New tallest living thing discovered HYPERION: At 378.1 feet, new champion in Redwood National Park on North Coast towers 8 feet above the Stratosphere Giant

Another photo of Hyperion

And another
“Hyperion” Beats out World’s Tallest Tree

And yet one more:
For Extreme Tree Hunters, Redwoods Rule

I have about 11 of these trees in my yard… the first two are so big now that I cannot get my arms around them. They are my favorite trees. The foto here is taken from the park and show our two tallest trees in the front peeking over the top of our house.