Methuselah’s environment lacks nutrients, water, and oxygen. In other words, it’s the perfect place to grow very very old.

The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living historical records, the organisms can withstand...

Time Lapse of the Milky way with ancient Bristlecone Pines in the foreground , the oldest living organisms o earth.

The Milky Way Galaxy moves over an ancient bristlecone pine in the White Mountains of California.

Time Lapse of the Milky Way. Bristlecone Pines in the foreground. Bristlecone Pines are the oldest living organisms on earth.

Motion-controlled time-lapse of the Milky Way over an Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree in the White Mountains of California, USA

WS T/L View of milky way moving behind Bristlecone tree / Bishop, California, USA

WS T/L View of milky way moving behind Bristlecone tree / Bishop, California, USA

Time Lapse Ancient Bristlecone Pine forest, Inyo National forest, White Mountains, California, USA

Time Lapse Ancient Bristlecone Pine forest, Inyo National forest, White Mountains, California, USA

Time Lapse Ancient Bristlecone Pine forest, Inyo National forest, White Mountains, California, USA

Mountain Valley in the Sierra Nevada. With Bristlecone Pines in the Foreground

Bristlecone Grove high up in the californian Sierra Nevada mountain range. Sequoia National Park USA

MS T/L Shot of Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest / Inyo County, California, United States

MS T/L Shot of Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest / Inyo County, California, United States

MS T/L PAN Shot of Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest / Inyo County, California, United States

Time Lapse Ancient Bristlecone Pine forest, Inyo National forest, White Mountains, California, USA

The sun sets in the distance and the cloudy sky changes dramatic colors as the camera pans across a rock outcropping in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.

Panning, rotating shot of the aridly beautiful landcape at Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, within the Inyo National Forest.

Stars over an Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree in the White Mountains of California, USA

Bristlecone Pine at Night

Bristlecone Pine Tree high up in the californian sierra Nevada Mountain. Sequoia National Park