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Back again from our 5000 mi road trip through northern California, Oregon and Washington I want to show you one of my favorite shots from that journey: probably one of the most impressive bristlecone pines growing in the whole „Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest“ in northern California.
You can find the oldest living organism (throughout the world) here in this park, too: The 4847 year old Methuselah pine has been outdone in years by a 5065 year old other pine that has been found in 2013 (germination in 3051 BC !!!). Neither “Methuselah” nor the older tree are marked in the forest, to ensure added protection from vandals.
I was pretty awestruck as I stood in front of this gnarly old pine, that had withstood wind and weather for millennia and probably germinated as the pharaohs walked the earth. What had those trees to tell if it was possible to ask them? Only the much older Milky Way can even unmask these trees as being youngsters.

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Methuselah’s Kin by alexnoriega

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California’s White Mountains are home to the oldest trees on earth: the ancient bristlecone pines. The oldest of these is 5,065 years old as of 2015. The title refers to the previous known record holder, the Methuselah tree, which is “only” 4,845 years old (this is not it – its identity and location are kept secret to prevent damage/vandalism). Some of these trees were saplings when the great pyramids were being built!

Conditions looked favorable for thunderstorm/monsoon light on the fourth of July, so I went up here with my girlfriend to meet up with Paul and Mich Rojas. Unfortunately, coming straight from sea level in Los Angeles up to 11,000 feet in a matter of hours, Brittany and I got altitude sickness after a few hours, and had to drive down 7,000 feet in the middle of the night to sleep at the Owens River. Paul and Mich were fine, since they had already been at 11k for days up at Dusy Basin. Oh well, at least we were able to watch the fireworks in Bishop from high above!

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(Sorry for the repost if you saw this earlier, I was alerted to some issues after uploading and 500px has no replace function). An abstract view of a gnarled ancient bristlecone pine, in California’s White Mountains.

I remember first seeing some shots like this from Marc Adamus a few years back, so credit to him for the inspiration. When I finally found myself at the pines earlier this year, I was enthralled by the shapes and patterns to be found in the wood, more so than the grand scene of the entire tree against a sunset or Milky Way sky.

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