Wawona Tree’s Sacrifice: 2,100 Years Lost for 37 Feet #WawonaTree #HistoricStory #CostOfProgress #NaturalHeritage #EarthStories | The History Canvas

The Fallen Wawona Tunnel Tree in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias is a remarkable piece of park history. 🌲 The tunnel through Yosemite’s famous Wawona Tree was cut in 1881 as a tourist attraction. It was the second standing sequoia to be tunneled (the first, a dead tree, still stands in the Tuolumne Grove in Yosemite). Stagecoaches and later cars would pass right through the massive trunk, making it one of Yosemite’s earliest and most popular photo ops. The Wawona Tree stood for 88 s

It looks unreal but this was captured inside Yosemite’s Wawona Tunnel at 3 AM ✨ No crowds, just stars, silence, and one long-exposure shot that turned a beam of light into a halo. What do you think of the final image? 📍 Yosemite National Park | Tunnel View (Wawona Tunnel) 💾 Save this for your Yosemite bucket list 💬 Comment “🔥” if you’d brave the tunnel for this shot 👣 Follow @FlyingDawnMarie for Yosemite night-photography & park updates #YosemiteNationalPark #TunnelView #WawonaTunnel #Yosem