My Friend, The Tree
High on windswept ridges in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in eastern California’s White Mountains live the planet’s oldest known living organisms – the ancient Bristlecone Pines (Pinus longaeva). Some of these trees were already growing when the Egyptians built the pyramids over 4000 years ago. The oldest known Bristlecone Pine is “Methuselah”. This gnarled and twisted tree is about 4,800 years old – and still able to reproduce.
But only a few bristlecones have been able to grow to such incredibly old ages, survived ultraviolet rays, extreme cold, wind, and aridity in this harsh environment between the Eastern Sierra Nevada and Death Valley in an elevation between 10,000 and 11,000 feet (3,048 and 3,354 meters) above sea level. These old trees, the oldest living things on earth, 2800 years older than Christ, are now strictly protected by law and guarded carefully.
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Richard Willett
so cool
amarica
I love it, wonderful find, outstanding capture Christine!!!
William Lyszli...
vraiment impressionnant!
bravo Dame Nature
et merci Chrissy
Sharon Johnstone
I love this tree!!!!!!.........Great shot!!!
CynLynn
This is an amzing image!! super work, cindy
Dayonda
So we do become more beautiful as we age. . .
Marilyn Harris
Wow!!! Brilliant find!!! Love it!!! :-)
Tamara Valjean
This is very cool, excellent capture!
terezadelpilar
art in nature…great photo!
AnitaInverarity
Wow- thats a cool find x
Leena Hedman
Wow! Great natural art. Fantastic capture!
SandraRos
Nature is awesome and you have captured it perfectly, well done with the very special photograph. Kind regards to you out of Africa
eelsblueEllen
I’ve never seen any tree like this! It looked to me like snakes wrapped around the branches, bizarre and beautiful!
Tracy DeVore
What an amazing tree and fantastic history. Great shot! :)
~Tracy
Meeli Sonn
Gorgeous. Congratulations
JKKimball
what an incredible win in the challenge, wonderful image Christine!!!
raintina
Having a good week Christine! Great shot. Beautiful Tree.
micmac
Hallucinant!!...Quelle beautée…BRAVO ET FÉLICITATION!!!
Marilyn Baldey
What an incredible life and documentation of that life, I am so pleased to see its generous spirit
theyellowfury
Great find, first rate photo
LindaR
wow wow wow ~ I never knew these even existed ~ I could have shot this tree all day ~ xxx
Richard VanWart
Gnarly, Dude! This is the most striking and complex image of a Bristlecone I’ve ever seen!
Amazing and wondrous. I agree with Linda—I would have explored it all day. Great work. Kudos on your encounter.