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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World Rainforest Day
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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World Migratory Bird Day
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Exploring the wilder side of New York
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A sleeping green giant
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Bridge of Hillsborough County
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Temple of Philae, Aswan, Egypt
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Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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Spring equinox
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Basking in the glow
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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Presidents Day
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Sgwd yr Eira waterfall, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, Wales
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World Turtle Day
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Yarn bombing in the village of Gurnard, England
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Autumnal equinox
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Bald cypress trees in Georgia
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Life in a North African town
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Anybody out there?
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Earth Day
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Spring comes to Glacier National Park
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Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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International Sloth Day
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American Eagle Day
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Does this chameleon look a little insecure?
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Feel the spray in Monterey
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Ruins of St. Dwynwens Church, Ynys Llanddwyn, Wales
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World Lizard Day
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