An enormous red cedar tree has been hit by lightning and burn through its core all the way to the ground, and still survives!  The Big Tree Trail on Meares Island, temperate rainforest home to huge red cedar and spruce trees, Meares Island Big Trees Trail, Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
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