1. His winning shot, Blazing Bristlecone, depicts the Milky Way arching over an ancient bristlecone pine tree.

2. Various trees, such as the bristlecone pine, the giant sequoia, and some species of cypress and spruce, live for thousands of years.

3. Likewise, the baobab trees of central Africa attain great ages, and a bristlecone pine in California is believed to be some 4,600 years old.