November 17, 2024

This week’s Photo of the Week captures one of Earth’s oldest trees, its northernmost flower, its southernmost shrub. Plus, dog-owners who look like their pets; photographing in the Himalaya

PHOTOGRAPH BY JEFF KERBY 

A poppy grows...where? Don’t count on much sunlight this far north this time of year. Nat Geo Explorer Jeff Kerby was undeterred in his enveloping search for the northernmost flower. Eureka!

Related:
--The punishing hunt for the southernmost tree 
--The oldest tree in the world: Will it survive much longer?
--Why does this explorer go to such extraordinary lengths?

PHOTOGRAPH BY GERRARD GETHINGS 

At first we thought it couldn’t be true. And then the visual evidence stacked up. You decide: Do these dog owners look like their pets?

PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG CUTLER 

Surfacing after an absence of 150 million years, these gigantic fossils were discovered, studied, and have been carefully reassembled into a dinosaur dubbed Gnatalie. As it celebrates its museum debut today in Los Angeles, we trace the steps that made this possible. 

Photography 101: When your backdrop is the Himalaya

Today’s Soundtrack: Two Birds, Regina Spektor

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