19 pictures found
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Bristlecone pine multimillennial - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Older than 2000 years
Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine multimillennial - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Older than 2000 years
Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years;they are generally observed in the combat zone, where no other species can survive extreme conditions, and their roots are slowly exposed by erosion over the centuries
© Stuart Wilson / Biosphoto
Cedar Breaks National Monument at sunset, Utah.
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Bristlecones pine trees on a ridge - Cedar Breaks NM Utah ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; Here
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecones pine trees on a ridge - Cedar Breaks NM Utah ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; Here they form a line at the edge of the cliff, and the rapid erosion gradually emerges roots
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Bristlecone pine in the Amphitheatre - Cedar Breaks NM Utah ; Deltaic sediments of Jurassic age (Claron Formation) of sandstone, dolomite and marl
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine in the Amphitheatre - Cedar Breaks NM Utah ; Deltaic sediments of Jurassic age (Claron Formation) of sandstone, dolomite and marl colored by iron oxides and carved by erosion into a vast amphitheater of hoodoos (pinnacles) richly colored with oxides of iron and manganese
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Geological landscape - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Amphitheater
Deltaic sediments of Jurassic age (Claron Formation) of sandstone, dolomite and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Geological landscape - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Amphitheater
Deltaic sediments of Jurassic age (Claron Formation) of sandstone, dolomite and marl colored by iron oxides and carved by erosion into a vast amphitheater of hoodoos (pinnacles) richly colored with oxides of iron and manganese
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Geological landscape - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Amphitheater
Deltaic sediments of Jurassic age (Claron Formation) of sandstone, dolomite and
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Geological landscape - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Amphitheater
Deltaic sediments of Jurassic age (Claron Formation) of sandstone, dolomite and marl colored by iron oxides and carved by erosion into a vast amphitheater of hoodoos (pinnacles) richly colored with oxides of iron and manganese
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Bristlecone Pineneedles - Cedar Breaks NM Utah ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years - the needles have
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone Pineneedles - Cedar Breaks NM Utah ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years - the needles have a very long life and are very tight against each other, thus protecting them from the cold
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Bristlecone Pine young cones - Cedar Breaks NM Utah ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years;
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone Pine young cones - Cedar Breaks NM Utah ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years;
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Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; these individuals
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; these individuals suffer from an infection that causes the formation of witches brooms
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Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; Here, above the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; Here, above the empty pine clinging by its roots gradually released by soil erosion and the gradual decline in the edge of a cliff
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Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; Here, above the
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; Here, above the empty pine clinging by its roots gradually released by soil erosion and the gradual decline in the edge of a cliff
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Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; this practically dead individual has probably more
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; this practically dead individual has probably more than two thousand years, but the hard, dense wood can withstand even thousands of years in cold and dry climate
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Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; this practically
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years; this practically dead individual has probably more than two thousand years, but the hard, dense wood can withstand even thousands of years in cold and dry climate
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Bristlecone pine multimillennial - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Older than 2000 years
Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine multimillennial - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Older than 2000 years
Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years;they are generally observed in the combat zone, where no other species can survive extreme conditions, and their roots are slowly exposed by erosion over the centuries
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Bristlecone pine multimillennial - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Older than 2000 years
Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
© Jean-Philippe Delobelle / Biosphoto
Bristlecone pine multimillennial - Cedar Breaks NM Utah USA ; Older than 2000 years
Pines growing at very high altitude (3000 m) and can survive more than 4500 years;they are generally observed in the combat zone, where no other species can survive extreme conditions, and their roots are slowly exposed by erosion over the centuries
© Stéphane Godin / Biosphoto
Arbres givrés à Cedar Break National Monument Utah USA