The Field Atlas
0/363Forest chapter · 37.38° N · 118.18° W
The oldest living trees on Earth, clinging to dry dolomite at 10,000 feet, looking west across Owens Valley at the Sierra wall.
Methuselah is older than the pyramids and unmarked on purpose. The wood is more sculpture than timber. Wind and drought are the gardeners. The Sierra stands white on the other side of the valley.
A private leaf
Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.
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Opening the leaf…
Onward
The nearest plates, by the miles.
Kings Canyon47 miles · CaliforniaLXXIX
Alabama Hills54 miles · CaliforniaCXXXV
Mono Lake63 miles · CaliforniaXLII
Giant Sequoias66 miles · CaliforniaXLIII
Yosemite Valley81 miles · CaliforniaIX
Death Valley91 miles · CaliforniaVII
Arc Dome110 miles · NevadaCCCXLVII
Trona Pinnacles130 miles · CaliforniaCXXXVIForest chapter
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