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One of the world’s tallest trees is on fire and crews can’t put it out

One of the world’s tallest trees is on fire and crews can’t put it out

When flames were spotted within one of the world’s tallest trees, firefighters flooded the area. Drones, aircraft and hand crews worked for days to tame the fire, successfully stopping it from spreading across the dense forest that surrounds the famous Doerner Fir tree in Oregon’s Coast Range mountains. But the towering Coast Douglas-fir has remained stubbornly alight. And firefighters — …

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A fire is burning in one of the world’s tallest trees. It may lower the tree’s standing in global height rankings.

A fire is burning in one of the world’s tallest trees. It may lower the tree’s standing in global height rankings.

Portland, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world’s tallest trees, near the state’s southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir tree over 325 feet tall and estimated to be over 450 years old, has been burning since Saturday in Coos County in Oregon’s Coast Range. An infrared drone …

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A fire is burning one of the world’s tallest trees near the Oregon coast

A fire is burning one of the world’s tallest trees near the Oregon coast

PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire that is burning in one of the world’s tallest trees near the state’s southern coast. The Doerner Fir, a coastal Douglas Fir tree over 325 feet (99 meters) tall and estimated to be over 450 years old, has been burning since Saturday in Coos County in Oregon’s Coast …

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Firefighters in race to save Oregon’s tallest tree after it ignites | Oregon

Firefighters in race to save Oregon’s tallest tree after it ignites | Oregon

Oregon firefighters are working to save one of the tallest non-redwood trees in the world after it caught fire last week. The coastal Douglas fir, believed to be about 450 years old and which stands 325 ft tall, was still burning east of Coquille on Tuesday, according to Megan Harper, public affairs specialist at the Bureau of Land Management. The …

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Record-breaking high-altitude shot of sun’s surface captured from one of Europe’s tallest mountains (photo)

Record-breaking high-altitude shot of sun’s surface captured from one of Europe’s tallest mountains (photo)

Cyril Dupuy, the founder of smart telescope maker Vaonis, has set a new record by capturing Europe’s highest-altitude image of the sun with one of the company’s telescopes during an expedition to scale Mont Blanc earlier this year. VESPERA SMART TELESCOPE (Image credit: Amazon) Wanting to see sunspots or far away galaxies? The Vaonis Vespera is a smart telescope for …

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