World's Oldest Tree's.

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World's Oldest Tree's.

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Not quite sure of the accuracy of the Subject but that is the claim being made here:

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blo ... ts-of-time

An astounding group of tree's and photography to match.

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Thanks for sharing. They are inspirational and majestic.
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Absolutely stunning. Some great inspiration. Great find Boics.
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Beautiful! Do you have the book ''Meetings with remakable trees'' and ''Remarkable trees of the world''?
You will see some of those trees in there....and others.
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Would love to do that someday, what an amazing journey it would have been for the photographer! Some great inspirational shots, thanks boics!
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Wow. I was just about to post a link to this! They're just astonishing! Love them all! Trying to find someone in Australia who sells the book.
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Just beautiful.
A reminder of the type of image that we are trying to emulate when creating bonsai.
After roughly 20 years of growing bonsai, I reckon I might just be starting to get the hang of it...
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