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Episode "Climbing Redwood Giants"

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  • The view from the top of a redwood. When European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, they started cutting redwoods. Today less than 5% of the primeval forest remains. But after decades of hot-tempered environmental battles, most of the surviving ancient trees have been protected.
  • The sun pops through the crown of a tall redwood. When European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, they started cutting redwoods. Today less than 5% of the primeval forest remains. But after decades of hot-tempered environmental battles, most of the surviving ancient trees have been protected.
  • A traverse line is strung between two trees, allowing photographer Jim Balog to photograph a coast redwood from a distance.
  • A view looking up from the inside of a fire cave at a cavity within a dead redwood.
  • The Wandering Salamander (Aneides vagrans), is a top predator of the redwood ecosystem. When European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, they started cutting redwoods. Today less than 5% of the primeval forest remains. But after decades of hot-tempered environmental battles, most of the surviving ancient trees have been protected.
  • Andy Shillabeer films photographer Jim Balog as he compiles photos for his redwood composite image.

  • Explorer Redwood Giants 5

    The view from the top of a redwood. When European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, they started cutting redwoods. Today less than 5% of the primeval forest remains. But after decades of hot-tempered environmental battles, most of the surviving ancient trees have been protected.

  • Explorer Redwood Giants 4

    The sun pops through the crown of a tall redwood. When European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, they started cutting redwoods. Today less than 5% of the primeval forest remains. But after decades of hot-tempered environmental battles, most of the surviving ancient trees have been protected.

  • Explorer Redwood Giants 1

    A traverse line is strung between two trees, allowing photographer Jim Balog to photograph a coast redwood from a distance.

  • Explorer Redwood Giants 3

    A view looking up from the inside of a fire cave at a cavity within a dead redwood.

  • Explorer Redwood Giants 6

    The Wandering Salamander (Aneides vagrans), is a top predator of the redwood ecosystem. When European settlers arrived in the mid-1800s, they started cutting redwoods. Today less than 5% of the primeval forest remains. But after decades of hot-tempered environmental battles, most of the surviving ancient trees have been protected.

  • Explorer Redwood Giants 2

    Andy Shillabeer films photographer Jim Balog as he compiles photos for his redwood composite image.