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Chandelier Tree

This is an amazing tree has a height of 96 meters and is located on the west coast of the US in the town Legget. It is known that it is cut in a tunnel for automobiles. The size of the tunnel 1, 83 m in width and 2, 06 meters in height. The hole was cut in 1930. At the time, the place was so popular that depicted on postcards.





Wawona Tree

Yosemite National Park is famous far beyond the borders of California and the United States, not least bladogarya its giant trees. One of them bore the name of Wawona (Wawona Tree), has been a favorite subject of photographers tourists for decades ago. The uniqueness of this tree is also in the fact that it was made by a tunnel through which it was possible to ride a loshadi.Eto second known tree tunnel.
Wawona tree was sequoia with height 69 meters and a girth of 27 meters. The tunnel began to cut through the tree in 1881, after a tree was struck by lightning and a crack in it. Very soon, the tree was to attract tourists who would like to take a ride through this tunnel on the horse, and in the 20th century and by car.
With the development of photography, tourists began to sit in the tunnel, and for the period until 1969 was made a great number of photos and sent a huge number of postcards with views of the tunnel and passing it on vehicles.



Wawona Tree

In 1969, the tree still collapsed, unable to withstand a two-ton load of snow that had fallen on his crown. At the time of the death of the tree was about 2300 years. Even after this sad event tree remains a tourist attraction - Mindful of the tunnel, people come to the grove