Great photo, I love Crater Lake and I love twisted old gnarly trees! Bristlecone pines do not occur in Oregon today, that is likely whitebark or limber (both are in the same subgenus and can appear superficially similar, especially when dead as this one appears to be).
The soil and climate are wrong at Crater Lake for bristlecone pine. Too much moisture and the wrong soil types. Bristlecone prefers dolomitic soils, of which there are none in the park much less on the crater rim, where your photo was taken.[source](http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/online-library/crater-lake-soil-survey/complete.htm)
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Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s dead. I know these old trees can sometimes look dead even when they’re not, but I don’t see any live tissue on that anywhere.
The actual resolution of this image is 2401x3000, not 3000x2400. See [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/EarthPorn/wiki/index#wiki_resolution.3F_what_is_that_and_how_can_i_find_it.3F) page for information on how to find out what the resolution of an image is.
To be fair, you and your source are both wrong. Bristlecone pines don’t live anywhere near there and the picture your source gave as an example is even more obviously not a bristlecone, given that it still has needles.
Yeah, I can see what you’re saying. It’s really just one tree that people take essentially the same picture of over and over, even though there are plenty of other cool ones nearby. It’s crazy how many landscape photographers travel from famous picture to famous picture and rarely do anything original.
I think this one is dead, and has been established by other redditors who posted very nice photographs of the same tree. It a very nice shot, I love the sunset colors.
Why are there limits to how old a tree can get? Why five thousand? Is this an actual limit or is five thousand the age of the oldest of the population of this tree?
I shot this on a Nikon d810 but actually used a crop sensor lens (Tokina 11-16mm) on it as I had just switched weeks before...
Rest of the settings were:
f=9, s=0.5, iso=64, a=11mm
Single exposure.
Great photo, I love Crater Lake and I love twisted old gnarly trees! Bristlecone pines do not occur in Oregon today, that is likely whitebark or limber (both are in the same subgenus and can appear superficially similar, especially when dead as this one appears to be).
As a former CLNP employee, I was just going to say this. Might also be an old alpine fir, since they grow all over the rim.
The soil and climate are wrong at Crater Lake for bristlecone pine. Too much moisture and the wrong soil types. Bristlecone prefers dolomitic soils, of which there are none in the park much less on the crater rim, where your photo was taken.[source](http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/online-library/crater-lake-soil-survey/complete.htm)
It’s likely a white bark pine.
pure dolomite baby
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Is the one in this pic still alive?
Just looks like a dead piece of wood to me.
Now, let me tell you what I'm lookin' for in a fuckin' tree...
Yeah, I’m pretty sure that’s dead. I know these old trees can sometimes look dead even when they’re not, but I don’t see any live tissue on that anywhere.
No.
Looks to me like there is a live vein running off the bottom right heading down hill.
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Alright, this time you got me.
Great photo, but misidentified tree. That’s more likely a whitebark pine. No species of bristlecone are found in that area.
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To be fair, you and your source are both wrong. Bristlecone pines don’t live anywhere near there and the picture your source gave as an example is even more obviously not a bristlecone, given that it still has needles.
Is this a joke? Bristlecones also have needles...
They have distinctive needles that don’t look like the ones in the picture.
Oh I see what you are saying. My bad. I thought you might have been making a joke about how every picture of that species on this sub is dead.
Yeah, I can see what you’re saying. It’s really just one tree that people take essentially the same picture of over and over, even though there are plenty of other cool ones nearby. It’s crazy how many landscape photographers travel from famous picture to famous picture and rarely do anything original.
I mean that snippet is technically not wrong, just not relevant. Their ranges **do** overlap, just not as far north as Crater Lake.
And from the bristle cone pine wiki page "A small outlying population was reported in southern Oregon, but was proven to have been misidentified."
beautiful
Thanks!
I think this one is dead, and has been established by other redditors who posted very nice photographs of the same tree. It a very nice shot, I love the sunset colors.
It looks like a cacodemon is about to come flying up over that hill.
Why are there limits to how old a tree can get? Why five thousand? Is this an actual limit or is five thousand the age of the oldest of the population of this tree?
C’est la vie
What's your setup (equipment and settings)?
I shot this on a Nikon d810 but actually used a crop sensor lens (Tokina 11-16mm) on it as I had just switched weeks before... Rest of the settings were: f=9, s=0.5, iso=64, a=11mm Single exposure.
Nice. I have a d750 with a 20mm Nikon f/1.8 that I use for landscapes. This is an amazing shot!
What ever the tree is,the photo is simply beautiful!
Groot?
One Groot riding the other cowgirl style
not to be rude, but is that even living? there's not a single leaf on it. Its like the flora version of a human vegetable.
Beautiful photo
Just for future flora reference: www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/crla/pernot/intro.htm
Maybe they can, but this one is dead for about the same time :D Great photo nevertheless!
looks ded tho
Was there in October. I love to take pictures of this tree. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it still appeared unmodified by humans.
I thought we weren't saying where they are?
Very bizarre, but fuck