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The world's oldest living things
Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.
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http://www.ted.com
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Rachel Sussman's website
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A sampling of photos by Rachel Sussman
Bristlecone Pine - White Mountains, California
Stromatolites - Carbla Station, Western Australia
2,000-3,000 years old
Antarctic Moss - Elephant Island, Antarctica
5,500 years old
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This sounds like the line up of a massive post-rock concert. Bristlecone pine, Stromalites and Antarctic Moss. I can imagine the crowd swaying their heads and enjoying the rad heavy music while trippy visuals play smoothly in the background. I know my comment doesn't have anything to do with this post but I wanted to share it with you guys, lol.
Post-rock, I assume that's a musical genre? Any good bands to listen to? (Rather than googling a generic "Post rock playlist")
Haha! Thinking about how old these things are is trippy enough for me! I don't think it says on the image but that tree is almost 5000 years old.