{"id":459563,"date":"2026-02-07T10:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459563\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:52:26","slug":"10-epic-photos-of-the-most-monumental-trees-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459563\/","title":{"rendered":"10 epic photos of the most monumental trees on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world is home to some truly extraordinary trees. Some grow almost entirely beneath the ground, others are poisonous, and there&#8217;s one that&#8217;s estimated to be almost 5,000 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Then there are the big ones \u2013 the really big ones. Some of these titans rise more than 100 metres into the sky, while other more squat specimens grow as wide as houses.<\/p>\n<p>This gallery of breathtaking tree photos includes a selection of the most striking arboreal giants on the planet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1414\" height=\"2119\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/General-Sherman-tree-in-Californias-Sequoia-National-Park.jpeg\" alt=\"Moonlight and stars shine on General Sherman tree in California's Sequoia National Park\" class=\"wp-image-151910\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"\/>The General Sherman Tree \u2013 a giant sequoia in California&#8217;s Sequoia National Park \u2013 is the world&#8217;s largest tree (by volume). Credit: Getty<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1658\" height=\"1807\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cathedral-Fig-Tree-in-Australia.jpeg\" alt=\"Cathedral Fig Tree in Australia\" class=\"wp-image-151934\"\/>The Cathedral Fig Tree in Danbulla National Park in Queensland, Australia. Estimates suggest this specimen could be 500 years old. Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2119\" height=\"1415\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Avenue-of-the-Giants-in-Humboldt-County.jpeg\" alt=\"Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt County\" class=\"wp-image-151907\"\/>Coastal redwoods line the verges of the Avenue of the Giants, a scenic highway passing through Humboldt Redwoods State Park in California, USA. Credit: Getty<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Avenue-of-the-Baobabs.jpeg\" alt=\"Avenue of the Baobabs, Madagascar\" class=\"wp-image-151932\"\/>Avenue of the Baobabs in Madagascar, Africa. The trunks of baobabs store thousands of litres of water to help these distinctive-looking trees survive in dry climates.\u00a0Credit: Getty<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Banyan-tree-in-Hawaii-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Banyan tree, Hawaii\" class=\"wp-image-151930\"\/>Branches and hanging roots of a giant banyan tree growing on the Pipiwai Trail in Maui, Hawaii. Credit: Getty<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Yakusugi-Cedar-tree-in-Japan.jpeg\" alt=\"Yakusugi Cedar tree \" class=\"wp-image-151928\"\/>Yakusugi cedar tree on the Shiratani Unsuikyo Trail, Yakushima Island, Japan. Credit: Getty<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Lupuna-tree-in-the-Amazon-rainforest-of-Peru-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Roots of the Lupuna tree in the Amazon rainforest of Peru\" class=\"wp-image-151922\"\/>Roots of the Lupuna tree, or Kapok tree, in the Amazon rainforest of Peru. Credit: Getty<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1413\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/The-Tree-of-Tule.jpeg\" alt=\"The Tree of Tule\" class=\"wp-image-151914\"\/>El \u00c1rbol del Tule (The Tree of Tule) is a Montezuma cypress. It has\u00a0the largest trunk diameter of any tree in Mexico. Credit: Getty<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2122\" height=\"1412\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Giant-Rain-Tree-in-Kanchanaburi-Thailand.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant Rain Tree in Thailand\" class=\"wp-image-151917\"\/>The Giant Rain Tree in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, is over 100 years old. Credit: Getty<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2221\" height=\"1350\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Giant-ficus-tree-in-Spain.jpeg\" alt=\"Giant ficus tree in Tenerife\" class=\"wp-image-151924\"\/>A spectacular giant ficus tree in Tenerife, Spain. Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Top image: Sequoia National Park. Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>More amazing stories about trees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The world is home to some truly extraordinary trees. Some grow almost entirely beneath the ground, others are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-459563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}