This limber pine standing alone in the sagebrush flats has a name—Old Patriarch. A favorite subject of nature photographers in Wyoming"s Grand Teton National Park, Old Patriarch is thought to be more than a thousand years old. The Cathedral Group of the Teton Mountains forms a breathtaking backdrop, bursting up from the valley floor below and stretching dramatically to the soaring peaks. The national park spreads out below the spires for 310,000 acres, featuring extraordinary wildlife, pristine lakes, and alpine terrain. Sounds like the Old Patriarch has found quite a home for himself.
A tree amid the Tetons
Today in History
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Preveli Gorge
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A look at Uranus, seventh planet from the sun
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Fossil Day
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Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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It s Star Wars Day
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Celebrating Yi Peng
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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Autumn’s swan song
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Dressed for winter fun
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At the shore of an inland sea
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A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
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Presidents Day
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A peek behind the royal curtain
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Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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Put your flippers in the air…
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Cheers! It’s National Wine Day
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Combating extinction with citizen science
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Antarctica Day
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International Polar Bear Day
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Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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Pride 2022
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Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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Craters of the Moon centennial
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