Peapix

  • Bing Gallery
  • Extension
Peapix
Bing Gallery
Extension
  • United Kingdom
    All
    Australia Canada China Germany France India Japan Spain United Kingdom United States Italy Brazil

Bing Gallery

Australia Canada China Germany France India Japan Spain United Kingdom United States Italy Brazil
  1. Home
  2. Bing Gallery
  3. United Kingdom
  4. 2018
  5. October 15
  6. Dawn redwoods in a lake at Zimaling Park, Zhongshan, China
arrow_back_ios arrow_forward_ios Dawn redwoods in a lake at Zimaling Park, Zhongshan, China

October 15, 2018

Dawn redwoods in a lake at Zimaling Park, Zhongshan, China

© Yaorusheng/Getty Image

Giants rescued from extinction. The story of a rediscovered redwood

Like most things in nature, the trees featured on today’s homepage are worth a closer look. This species, known as the dawn redwood, was thought to be extinct for hundreds of years. Unlike their redwood relatives on the west coast of North America, this redwood is deciduous; in autumn its needles turn a brilliant orange and then fall to the ground. Dawn redwood fossils are common in the Northern Hemisphere, but for many years, no evidence was known of their existence after the Miocene epoch. That changed in 1944, when a giant dawn redwood was discovered in South Central China. More were found in surrounding lowlands, and today the tree is a popular ornamental in many parts of the world. The trees in our image, from Zhongshan, China, are standing in a shallow lake, which reflects the blue sky above.

colorful animal colored colors orange blue bright painted

Related Images

Bicycles in Copenhagen, DenmarkBicycles in Copenhagen, Denmark
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USABadlands National Park, South Dakota, USA
The Painted Hills in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USAThe Painted Hills in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA
The gates of the Royal Palace (Dar El Makhzen) in Fez, MoroccoThe gates of the Royal Palace (Dar El Makhzen) in Fez, Morocco
Salt flats in San Francisco Bay, USASalt flats in San Francisco Bay, USA
The Acraman crater, AustraliaThe Acraman crater, Australia
Museum at Prairiefire, Overland Park, Kansas, USAMuseum at Prairiefire, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Fountains Abbey cellarium, North YorkshireFountains Abbey cellarium, North Yorkshire

Today on Bing

Great wildebeest migration at Mara River, Kenya

Great wildebeest migration at Mara River, Kenya

Oct 15, 2024
European hedgehog sheltering in tree bark, Sussex

European hedgehog sheltering in tree bark, Sussex

Oct 15, 2023
Naqsh-e Rustam archaeological site near Persepolis, Iran

Naqsh-e Rustam archaeological site near Persepolis, Iran

Oct 15, 2022
Farra di Soligo in the Prosecco Hills of Veneto, Italy

Farra di Soligo in the Prosecco Hills of Veneto, Italy

Oct 15, 2021
Ochre sea star on kelp off the coast of California, USA

Ochre sea star on kelp off the coast of California, USA

Oct 15, 2020

Related Tags

painted painting colorful outdoor building canyon sky child art drawing blue valley mountain nature landscape arch map text grass reef abstract
Share photo
Share
Pin
Tweet
Line
  • © 2025 Peapix.com
  • API
  • App
  • Privacy
The images are provided for wallpaper use only.