Floris van Breugel / First rays of golden sunshine hit Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) covered in a winter blanket of snow and frost, Grant Grove, Sequoia / Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA November

Floris van Breugel / First rays of golden sunshine hit Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) covered in a winter blanket of snow and frost, Grant Grove, Sequoia / Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA November

Floris van Breugel / First rays of golden sunshine hit Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) covered in a winter blanket of snow and frost, Grant Grove, Sequoia / Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA November

Floris van Breugel / First rays of golden sunshine hit Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum) covered in a winter blanket of snow and frost, Grant Grove, Sequoia / Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA November

Chris Mattison / Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Sierra Nevada, California, USA, May.

Inaki Relanzon / Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in Sequoia National Park, California, USA.

Neil Lucas / Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on the edge of lake, with reflections, California, USA, October 2007

Neil Lucas / Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on edge of lake, with reflections, California, USA, October 2007

Floris van Breugel / Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) in bloom amongst Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and two Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks, USA. June. Veolia Environn...

Jack Dykinga / Trunk of Giant Sequoia tree {Sequoiadendron giganteum} showing scars from ancient fires, Sequoia NP, California, USA

David Kjaer / Man standing next to Giant sequoia tree {Sequoiadendron giganteum} Sequoia National Park, USA

Jim Brandenburg / Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park, California