The world truly is full of wonders and these thousands [yes – MULTIPLE thousands] of year old trees are amazing. They make our technological world and everything in it feel…irrelevant.
The Great Basin Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in The White Mountains of California/Nevada have the world’s oldest living non-clonal organisms, ancient bristlecone pine trees. Non-clonal means these trees are not genetic duplicates of a parent organism, but are in fact, original organisms.
The oldest known tree in the basin is 5,065 years old and was germinated in 3051 BC. This tree started growing before the first pyramid was built-in Egypt.
Another, Methuselah, is 4,848 years old.
The White Mountains run parallel to the Sierras in the west and Death Valley in the east.
White Mountain is a sister peak to Mt. Whitney, the highest mountain in the continental US. When you hike here you look to your left at almost eye level with Mt. Whitney, and to your right at the lowest non-submerged place in North America, Death Valley.
In the dolomite covered White Mountains these ancient organisms continue to…
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August 18th, 2016 at 6:21 am
I love taking pictures of old gnarly trees and am working on a series of such photos to give to a friend as a gift. Trees truly do stand the test of time.
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August 18th, 2016 at 8:06 am
I agree. Isn’t it amazing to think that these trees are as close to ‘immortal’ as we’re ever likely to get?
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August 17th, 2016 at 11:48 pm
Love this!
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August 17th, 2016 at 10:14 pm
Wonderful!
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August 17th, 2016 at 6:17 pm
This is spooky. I’m just doing my cheeryuppy for today…with a photo I took on Monday. We are clearly more alike than we thought!!
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August 17th, 2016 at 8:38 pm
-grin- great minds.
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August 17th, 2016 at 10:36 am
Thank you so much for your thoughtful commentary and for your support of our beautiful natural world!
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August 17th, 2016 at 8:39 pm
I only wish I could see it for myself. Maybe one day. 🙂
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August 17th, 2016 at 8:52 am
Amazing. The world still holds so many wonders.
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August 17th, 2016 at 9:00 am
🙂
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