The Oldest Living Things in the World
- Words
- Caroline Kurze
Artist Rachel Sussman photographs the Oldest Living Things in the World before they vanish. This includes plants like Pando, the ‘Trembling Giant’, a colony of aspens in Utah with a massive underground root system estimated to be around 80,000 years old. Or the dense Llareta plants in South America that grow 1.5 centimeters anually and live over 3,000 years.
+ Read MoreYou can learn more about Sussman’s project in her 2010 TED Talk and take a look at her book that features the project in over 120 photographs, various essays and infographics.
All images © Rachel Sussman | Via: Colossal
