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An accomplishment says the park representative. >> i was surprised that somebody from germany had the thought of getting out a camera or phone or something and takeing that footage. i was very impressed. >> fortunately, no one is injured. when the dust settles, bystanders realize it is two enormous trees fused together at the base. >> it is tremendous to see a sequoia standing and equally tremendous to see it laying on the ground. >> no one knows why the tree falls now after so many years standing. >> we did have a very wet winter this last year. maybe the soil was so saturated that the weight...

Quite an accomplishment, says the park representative denise alonza. >> i was surprised that somebody from germany had the thought of getting out a camera or a phone or something and taking that footage. i was very impressed. >> fortunately no one is injured. they realize it's two enormous trees fused together at the base. >> it's tremendous to see a sequoia standing. it's equally tremendous to see one laying on the ground. >> no one knows exactly why the tree falls now after so many years standing. >> we did have a very wet winter this last year. maybe the soil was so saturated that the weigh...

Garret aims his camera at the falling tree. as the tree comes crashing down to the floor, he realizes too late that he's recording sideways. >> i stopped the video, changed the camera, and started it again. that's the reason the impact of the tree is not on the video. >> he misses the tree hitting the ground, but capturing this rare scene on video is still quite an accomplishment, says the park representative denise alonzo. >> i was surprised that somebody from germany had the thought of getting out a camera or a phone or something and taking that footage. i was very impressed. >> fortunately ...

From germany had the thought of getting out a camera or a phone or something and taking that footage. i was very impressed. >> fortunately no one is injured. they realize it's two enormous trees fused together at the base. >> it's tremendous to see a sequoia standing. it's just as tremendous to see one laying on the ground. >> no one knows why the tree falls now after so many years standing. we did have a very wet winter this last year. maybe the soil was so saturated that the weight of the trees just pulled them over. >> the question now is what to do with the fallen sequoias. >> we would hav...

Footage. i was very impressed. >> fortunately no one is injured. they realize it's two enormous trees fused together at the base. >> it's tremendous to see a sequoia standing. it's just as tremendous to see one laying on the ground. we did have a very wet winter this last year. maybe the soil was so saturated that the weight of the trees just pulled them over. >> the question now is what to do tw the fallen sequoias. >> we would have to cut holes through them. if we did that, that would be a great opportunity for us to then look at the tree rings that are in the tree. other suggestions are to ...