Sierra Nevada Is Hiding Something Nobody Talks About

In just two years, wildfires killed an estimated 13 to 19 percent of all the large giant sequoias on Earth. Trees that had lived through 2,000 years of fire died in a few weeks. The Sierra Nevada looks like California's postcard, with Yosemite, Lake Tahoe and endless granite. But it's hiding a lot more. A mountain near Mammoth Lakes gives off a gas that has killed trees and people. Los Angeles drained a whole lake on its eastern side, and the dry lakebed became the biggest single source of dust pollution in the United States. A starving man walked out of these foothills in 1911 and was called the last of his people. Here are 30 facts about the Sierra Nevada most people never hear. Which one surprised you most? Tell me in the comments, and subscribe for more hidden places across America. #SierraNevada #California #Yosemite #HiddenAmerica #Geography