Scientists high up in a redwood tree
Fourteen stories up a 30-story tree, Humboldt State University scientist Steve Sillett (at center) and his team measure a fire cave in a massive redwood in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. Wildfires have twice burned this tree but failed to kill it.
See more photographs from the October 2009 feature story "Redwoods."
摄影者:Michael Nichols
攀于红杉高处的科学家
在草原溪红杉树州立公园里,来自洪堡州立大学的科学家史蒂夫·斯莱特(图中)和他的团队爬上了一棵近30层楼高的巨大红杉树,而在约14层楼高的位置,他们对一个因火烧而造成的树洞进行了测量。尽管历经野火的两度灼烧,但这棵红杉还是活了下来。
更多的图片请参见2009年10月的专题故事《红杉树》。