Hyperion (Tree)
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·March 14, 2025politelemon
solardev
A few years ago we followed one of those coordinates (from the edit history) to try to find the tree. Got within a few meters but it didn't look like the photos and there was no redwood there much taller than the others. Still was a fun hike. The coords were just a mile or two off the paved road, but involved a bit of bushwhacking and log jumping.
Left my hat there on a branch too :( If anyone finds it, let me know, I miss that thing...
unkeen
What made you think YOU didn't contribute to the "devastation of the habitat surrounding Hyperion caused by visitors"?
azurezyq
Hiked to the tree a few years ago. It is a very strong, healthy, attractive tree. You really feel the power of life when looking at it. Mighty.
mkl
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_trees
I hadn't heard of the second and third tallest species, South Tibetan cypress and Yellow meranti. There are also far more very tall eucalyptus species than I expected.
Unfortunately these are just the tallest current trees, and there are records (some believable, some dubious) of much taller trees in the relatively recent past: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_superlative_trees#Tall...
fc417fc802
I found the list of superlative trees more interesting. I had no idea there were organisms other than fungus that grew to this scale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)
TheSpiceIsLife
Centurion - 100m / 330 feet, Eucalyptus regnans, 1.5hr south of Hobart, tallest flowering tree.
xnx
Amazing. Like a 38 story building. Much taller than the Statue of Liberty. Almost as tall as Starship.
solardev
Better picture, with tree climbers for scale: https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2009/09/redwoods.ht...
blackeyeblitzar
Is that a photo of the actual tallest tree or just the tallest photographed tree?
solardev
The book The Wild Trees is a fantastic story about finding this tree.
I was wondering whether the editors had debated whether or not to also help keep Hyperion's location secret, indeed there is discussion, and several back-and-forth inclusion/retractions of the location, on the talk page of that article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hyperion_(tree)