Artist Rachel Sussman spent the past decade documenting the world’s oldest living things. Working with biologists, she has traveled to deserts and islands, from the Australian Outback to Antarctica, to photograph organisms that are 2,000 years old or older. She has given a TED talk about her project, and published a new book of photographs and essays, The Oldest Living Things in the World. (Source: CNN)
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Pafuri baobab tree. Up to 2,000 years old. Kruger Game Preserve, South Africa.Antarctic moss. 5,500 years old. Elephant Island, Antarctica.Welwitschia mirabilis plant. 2,000 years old. Namib Naukluft Desert, Namibia.Llareta plant. Up to 3,000 years old. Atacama Desert, Chile.Mojave yucca. 12,000 years old. Mojave Desert, California. Stromatolites. 2,000 to 3,000 years old. Carbla Station, Western Australia. Huon pine. 10,500 years old. Mount Read, Tasmania, Australia.Posidonia oceanica sea grass. 100,000 years old. Balearic Islands, Spain. Bristlecone pine. Up to 5,000 years old. White Mountains, California.Rare eucalyptus. 13,000 years old. New South Wales, Australia.
~Eowyn