Iris Cohen wrote:

The picture is of a Bristlecone Pine located in the White Mountains of
California/Nevada

Are you sure?

Naw, I don't think so. The Bristlecones in the White Mountains are on limestone.
The rocks in the photo look like granites or maybe granitoid gneisses. And the
bush on the lower left, under the space ship looks like a Purshia. I'm going with
Juniperus osteosperma.

http://www.forceacademy.com/Imagesto...esert_tree.jpg

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