Tahoe #4

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Lake Tahoe Trip #4

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Bristlecone Pines In The White Mountains Of Eastern California

Elaine and ancient bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva).

This bristlecone pine was over 3,200 years old when it died in 1676!

Introduction To Tree-Ring Dating

Trunks of bristlecone pines sand blasted by centuries of wind.

Desert varnish on metamorphosed sand (quartzite).

Inyo Range and willows along road to Bristlecone Pine Forest.

Telephoto view from the White Mountains looking west across Owens Valley to the Sierra Nevada (west of Big Pine). The massive snow pack is the Palisade Glacier, the southernmost glacier in the United States.

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