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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Signs of life in the Empty Quarter
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Giving Tuesday
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50 years of the Endangered Species Act
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Patriot Day
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National Park Service Founders Day
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Audubon Christmas Bird Count
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Over the boardwalk
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Gazing down on planet Earth
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It’s Weihnachtsmarkt time!
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International Literacy Day
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Male hooded merganser, Oregon
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Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia
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Old City of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia
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American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Life in the slow lane
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Mardi Gras
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Sunrise at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Memorial Day
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World Teachers Day
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Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia
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Come out of your shell for World Turtle Day
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A day for the dolphins
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Northern coast of Colombia
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Annivesary of the Wilderness Act of 1964
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Aerial view of Venice, Italy
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Snow buntings take flight
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Guild houses of Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
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The ‘Living Forest’ in Biscay, Spain
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A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
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