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
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International Day of Color
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The rainbow connection
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A sleeping green giant
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Autumnal equinox
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Cetacean Saturday
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Just another day in paradise
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Lunar eclipse
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Hemingway’s Keys
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Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
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World Poetry Day
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Lighting the way to new beginnings
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A river on the tundra
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National Love a Tree Day
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In honor of those we ve lost
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