Njengakuyo yonke into ayichukumisayo umntu, yonke into yahlulwe, ukuphakama kwemithi bekungazukuba ngaphantsi. Owona mthi mde emhlabeni ibizwa ngokuba yiHyperion. Igama lakhe, elivela eGrisi, lithetha "lowo uhlala phezulu." Sele ibizwa ngale ndlela kuba ngoyena mthi mde ehlabathini. Akusekho kuphela irekhodi lokuba ungowona mthi mde, kodwa ikwayeyona nto inde ephilayo kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Kule nqaku siza kukuxelela yonke into ofuna ukuyifumana malunga nomthi omde kunabo bonke kwihlabathi kunye neyona nto inomdla kakhulu.
Iimpawu ze-redwoods
Owona mthi mde emhlabeni yi-sequoia. Kufunyenwe ngoSeptemba 8, 2006. Ukuphakama kwayo ziimitha ezili-116 kwaye ubukhulu bayo kunzima ukubuthelekelela, kuba ayiyonto iqhelekileyo. Umthi ofikelela kwi-30-40 yeemitha ukuphakama sele uthathwa njengomthi omde. Owona mfanekiso ubalulekileyo waseLiberty uziimitha ezingama-21 ezimfutshane kunalo mthi. Ngale nto, kuya kufuneka sele ufumene umbono malunga nayo yonke le nto.
IHyperion ayisiyiyo yodwa, iphezulu, kodwa ayisiyiyo kuphela edlula i-100 leemitha ukuphakama. Kukho ezinye i-redwoods ezi-catalog ezenziwe kwihlabathi lonke ezingaphezulu kweemitha ezili-35 ukuphakama. Zintathu ezinye i-redwoods ezigqitha kwisigebenga esikhulu seStratosphere. Nangona kunjalo, eyona ndawo ikuyo ayichazwanga ukuze ingenzi monakalo kulo mthi, kubakhenkethi nangababukeli.
Amava asixelela ukuba ukuba kukho into enomdla, abantu baya kuyikroba de baligqibe ixabiso elinalo kwaye balihlaze ngokupheleleyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo kwenzeke kuwe ngaphezu kwesihlandlo esinye ebomini bakho ukuba ubone ifoto yendawo ethile enomdla okanye indawo kwaye, xa usiya, igcwele ngabantu kwaye ifoto oyibonileyo ishiya okuninzi okunqwenelekayo kwinyani yokwenyani. Ngesi sizathu, kunokuthiwa eyona nto inexabiso kufuneka igcinwe kakuhle, kuba kulele ixabiso elinikwe yona, kuba yahlukile.
I-Redwoods inamagqabi afana nenaliti abeka uxinzelelo lwamanzi emthini. Ngombulelo kule morphology unokufumana ukuphakama kwaye ahambise kakuhle onke amanzi kunye nezondlo kwilungu ngalinye lomzimba wakhe. Ayifanele ilibale ukuba umthi mde, ngumzamo ngakumbi ekufuneka uwenzile ukoyisa amandla omxhuzulane ngempumelelo enkulu. Uyakufezekisa oku ngenxa yemozulu esemagqabini apho ahlala khona kunye nobutyebi bezondlo emhlabeni apho akhula khona.
Owona mthi mde emhlabeni
Igama likaHyperion lalivela kwiintsomi zamaGrike. Kukwaziwa nangokuthi ngumthi wonyana wezulu nomhlaba. Amasebe neengcambu zibaleka zisuka kwelinye icala ziye kwelinye kwaye zinokubonwa ngamandla amakhulu. Nangona umde kakhulu, kunokwenzeka ukuba ibikhona eminye imithi ngaphambili eyayinokudlula ngobukhulu. Sithetha ngalo mthi ukuba ziimitha ezili-116 ukuphakama, kodwa kukho ezinye i-redwood ezingama-35 ezikwangaphezulu kweemitha ezili-100. Ngesi sizathu, kufanelekile ukukhankanya ukuba kukho ezinye iisampulu ezinokuphakama okufanayo, ukuba ngekukho eminye imithi emide kunale ngaphambili.
Ngokukodwa, singathetha nge-eucalyptus evela e-Australia, egqithe ngaphezulu kwe-150 yeemitha ukuphakama. Ukulinganiswa kwayo kwathathwa ngo-1872. Nangona kunjalo, loo eucalyptus ayisekho namhlanje. Mhlawumbi ikhona, nanamhlanje, omnye umthi omde kuneHyperior ongafunyanwanga. Kuyenzeka ukuba eminye yeedwoodwood esele izodlula lo mthi, iyakwenza njalo kungekudala okanye kwixa elizayo.
Kungenzeka ukuba enye ye-redwoods, eyi-115,55 yeemitha ukuphakama, ayikafiki kumda wethiyori yokukhula okupheleleyo. Lo mda uphakathi kwe-122 kunye ne-130 yeemitha. Inokudlula iHyperion.
Eminye imithi yeyona inde ehlabathini
onguHelios
Lo mzekelo ngowesibini ubude ubude nge-114 enesiqingatha seemitha ukuphakama. Amagama anikwe le mithi avela kwiintsomi zamaGrike kwaye babengabantu abakhulu. Oku kwafunyanwa ngo-2006. Igcinwe ixesha elifutshane ukuba ingowona mthi mde emhlabeni. Kungekudala emva kokuba iHyperion ifunyenwe emdlula ngaphezulu nje kwemitha.
Icarko
Okwesithathu kuluhlu olunokuphakama kweemitha ezili-113,24. Enye enye i-sequoia enkulu kwaye le ifumaneka kwi-Redwood National Park.
Ingxilimbela ye stratosphere
Oku kwaziwa njengeyona mithi mide emhlabeni kwaye ikwangomnye wee-redwoods ezinkulu. Ukuphakama kwayo ziimitha ezili-113,12, kodwa iyakhula. KukwiHumboldt Redwoods State Park. Kukwaziwa nangomnye wee-redwoods ezinobukhulu obukhulu obaziwayo.
Fusion enkulu
Oku kukuphakama kwe-112,71 yeemitha. Ime kwiPhondo leSizwe iRedwood. Yathathelwa ingqalelo njengowona mthi mkhulu emhlabeni ukuya kuthi ga ngo-1995.
Orion
Imilinganiselo ye-112,6 yeemitha ukuphakama. Njengoko ubona, umahluko uphantse ungabonakali. Nangona kunjalo, umntu uhlela le mithi kakuhle kwaye ngocoselelo. Yi-sempervirens sequoia kwaye ifumaneka kwiRedwood National nakwiPaki zikaRhulumente.
Lauralyn
Ime eHumbold. Ngenye yezona mithi zibomvu zibukekayo kwaye ububanzi bayo ziimitha ezi-4,54.
Rockefeller
Ngenye yezona mthi zibomvu zamva nje zingene phezulu kwi-redwoods. Imilinganiselo ye-112,60 yeemitha, nangona ububanzi bayo abaziwa.
Njengoko ubona, owona mthi mde emhlabeni uyakhuselwa, ke awaziwa kakuhle ukuba uphi. I-Redwoods bubuncwane bokwenyani bendalo yethu kwaye asinakubavumela abantu ukuba baphele bebatshabalalisa, kanjalo.
Ndiyathemba ukuba ngolu lwazi ungafunda ngakumbi ngomthi omde emhlabeni kwaye uyazi ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani ukugcinwa kwawo, kuba ngenxa yokufuna ukwazi kunye nentlungu, abantu banokuzitshabalalisa iigugu zendalo.