Redwood tree in center of picture struck by lightning about 1900 or 1905. Diameter about 12 feet breast high. Top is broken off. Split extends from top to near base; at some points split is open to opposite side. Photo is of south side. Tree stands on West edge of Redwood Highway, south of Bolling Grove and opposite P.T. & T. [Pacific Telephone and Telegraph] Company pole #341. E.F. July 13, 1932
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Location: average distance Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable No people present in picture
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-3731
Subject
Lightning Trees - Injuries - Climatic Sequoia sempervirens - Fire damage Fire scars Sequoia sempervirens Roads - Redwood Highway (Calif.) Humboldt County
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