Sequoia

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Sunlight shining on leaves. Photosynthesis

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Palm House conservatory of Kew Gardens, London, England. (formal garden, glass house, greenhouse)

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Panama Canal infographic

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Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.

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King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

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Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

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The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)

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Sequoia: Media

tree genus

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giant sequoia

giant sequoia

Big tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum).

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