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MadRabbit26 t1_iw57obu wrote

Reply to comment by Noah1472 in Lonely tree in the Maasai Mara [3819x5728] [OC] by marklopezzz

Different lone tree. Not sure on exact details but I know it was super old, middle of the dessert. I believe it had been used as a sort of way point for travelers for hundreds of years. By the time it was destroyed it looked little more than a dead stick, standing up in the sand. I'll have to do some googling on it though

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NoIntroductionNeeded t1_iw5varq wrote

The reason the Tree of Tenere looked so poor when it died is because it had been struck by another asshole truck driver two decades before.

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Noah1472 t1_iw5aq1g wrote

Yeah, I think it was only able to live because it had lived long enough to dip into the aqueduct deep below ground. Sadly that means no other trees can be planted there until the Earth’s natural tilt happens in a couple thousand years

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