At 4,841 years old, this ancient bristlecone pine is the oldest known non-clonal organism on Earth. Located in the White Mountains of California, in Inyo National Forest, Methuselah's exact location is kept a close secret in order to protect it from the public.
Photographer: Rick Goldwasser
— with Erinn Van Dargriff, Jan Albert Besselsen, Carol Mason, Yoshua Budin and Carolyn Snyder Milke.