This Woman Spent 14 Years Photographing The Worlds Oldest Trees.

[Cattledog]

Did you know that there are ancient trees on our planet that are thousands and thousands of years old?

Some of them have been around for so long, they even predate the existence of Islam and Christianity.

I myself have always been fascinated by trees and felt a special connection to them.

In this collection of breath taking photographs, Beth Moon — a photographer based out of San Francisco — traveled all around the world to capture some of the most remarkable ancient trees that she could find.

“Standing as the earth’s largest and oldest living monuments, I believe these symbolic trees will take on a greater significance, especially at a time when our focus is directed at finding better ways to live with the environment” explains Beth Moon.

She published her incredible photos in her book “Ancient Trees: Portraits Of Time” which will be linked at the bottom of this article. Here you can have a sneak preview of her journey.

Enjoy

https://anewkindofhuman.com/ancient-trees-woman-spent-14-years-photographing-worlds-oldest-trees-2/

[blondebanshee]

1. Absolutely Breathtaking!

Thank you for sharing!

[JDC]

2. Those are amazing

Thx

[yuiyoshida]

3. In California We call them Redwood trees and Sequoias

[BlancheSplanchnik]

15. 💚

🌲🌳

[iluvtennis]

4. Very nice. thanks for sharing

[Martin Eden]

5. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much.

[emmadoggy]

6. Spectacular.

If only they could tell us their stories....

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Lots more remarkable trees in Thomas Pakenham's books ...

http://www.powells.com/SearchResults?au=Thomas+Pakenham

[angstlessk]

8. THANKS! I just bought the book!

How very AMAZING! Reviews say not enough info, but google has info on the ones I checked out.

Again, thanks for bringing this to my attention

[desi]

9. Thanks for posting.

I came across one of them, Diksom Forest, which resembles one from my home in Vieques Island PR. I have a pic of the Ceiba tree from our vacation there a couple of years ago. It is with sadness that I include this pic, from FB, before and after Maria.

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[magicarpet]

11. Did the winds from Maria blow off all the leaves.....

...... and some of the branches ?

Next growing season will it come back and green up again.... or has that glorious aged monster tree been too damaged and lost ?

[desi]

12. Yes on the damage.

The damage has been severe to a lot of the trees and coconut palm trees. It is "Winter" in the region now so how much will green up again will not be known for several months. We will see for ourselves when we return in late July/early August. That will be before the next hurricane season. Most of the videos on FB/youtube are from Puerto Rico but more are being posted from Vieques. It was not until last week when we were able to contact some of our family there and thankfully they are OK.

[magicarpet]

14. Oh - Thank Goodness your loved ones are okay.

Poor people there must be frantic trying to put their and their neighbors lives back together.

[niyad]

10. absolutely stunning!! thank you so much for posting.

[camelfan]

13. Evocative of Edward Weston

Absolutely breathtaking. Thanks for the link.

[locks]

16. I need one of these

in my backyard to make me believe I'm not old after all.