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Pando - The Largest Single Organism by Mass and 14,000 years old, and some perspective on just how old that is.
A random thought came to my head last night...
This is Pando.
All of this? Is a single male aspen tree. This entire thing is a single tree with multiple stems sharing a single root system.
It is the largest tree by mass, and the heaviest single organism, weighing in at 6000 metric tons. For perspective, that's 20 blue whales in mass.
But what also intrigues me is that... well. It's an old tree.
Established in 12,000 BCE, meaning it would be 14000 years old by 2023.
By the the last Smilodons died out in 10,000 BCE, it would have already been 2000 years old.
And Pando is still a youngster compared to the high estimate age of this clonal colony of sea grass estimated to be 100,000 years old.
For perspective, when the last Neanderthal died in 40,000 BCE?
This sea grass would have already been 60,000 years old.
If human civilization (as in, the kind of organized polity that can be identified with things as "states" and "urbanization" among a plethora of other things) was established during 5000 BCE, and thus 7000 years old:
Pando would have already been 5000 years old.
The Sea grass colony would have already been 93,000 years old.
And considering that the oldest vertebrate, that is the Greenland Shark can live for 500 years?
All of human civilization encompasses the lifespans of just 14 Greenland Sharks.
I dunno... it just really shows that we pretty are a tiny blip in the grand scheme of Earth's geological history.
A very humbling thought if you ask me.
#paleontology#anthropology#history#ancient history#botany#science#human history#life on earth#pando#greenland sharks#shower thoughts
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Overture
“We have a problem,” Scott said, kicking sand out of his skirts. Why the two Homeworld gems had chosen to set up shop in the middle of the most desolate local biome, he couldn’t possibly guess. At least they hadn’t been hard to find.
Gri squinted at him through the barely-opened door. “Who is we? I’m pretty sure any problems you have are your business.”
set in life on earth- the plot has arrived! this is gonna be another three chapter fic probably!
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Life on Earth: Reimagined is a brand new Contra, Shinobi 3 & Rolling Thunder inspired side-scrolling shooter that's coming to the SEGA Genesis!
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#Gaming#indie games#pc games#pc gaming#life on earth#pc game#alpha beta gamer#retro gaming#pixel art#SEGA#SEGA genesis
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La vie sur terre (Abderrahmane Sissako, 1998)
#La vie sur terre#Abderrahmane Sissako#Life on earth#Nana Baby#Mohamed Sissako#Bourama Coulibaly#Keita Bina Gaousso#Jacques Besse#Africa#fashion#mirror#mirrors#camera#music#hat#hats#bed#nature#hair
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Time Travel Poll Winner Third Round Match Up 2:
These Questions are the winners from the previous iteration.
Please add new suggestions below, if you have them, for future consideration.
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Virginia Lee Burton, Life Story, 1962
scans by atelierlesenfants
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chill hangs ✨
#yu yu hakusho#kazuma kuwabara#shuichi minamino#kuwabara#kurama#eikichi#yu yu hakusho fanart#life on earth#drawing the fanfic i'm not writing#hehehehe#Just look at Eikichi#fanart friday
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Who else loves forests?
Photos: Foe Rodens
Please check out my Instagram for more photos.
#woodland photography#woodland lover#woodland#woodlands#woodland love#forest photography#trees and forests#landscape photography#waldfotografie#trees#woods#forest#foe rodens#foe rodens photography#life on earth#our planet#beautiful forest#black forest#forest aesthetic#green aesthetic
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A long time ago this was a volcano 🌋 !.
#Volcano#Lake#Water#Nature#Time#Long time ago#downfalldestiny#downfall#life#Earth#Life on earth#baden württemberg
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family photo
Even if oldest son Kaji is out on his own now, Kiri and Maxan still have a full house. They decided to do a family portrait of everyone who’s still living at home.
In the back row are the twins, Xai and Sevan (18). Left to right in the front row; Kiri, Zida (8), Maxan, and Zari (6).
Sevan, Xai and Kaji are Kiri’s children from a previous relationship. Zida and Zari are Max and Kiri’s children together, and they’ve got at least one more on the way.
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Uncertainties, and Lucky to be Alive:
We often talk about how human life expectancy has increased over the years. But, the quality of life in some parts of the world, even today, continues to be of degraded nature. And the uncertainties in life in these populations too is high. These regions are conflict zones, or those facing risks from climate change and global warming. And when it comes to thinking about the end of humanity, people may think that it is either far away, or if it is to happen suddenly, then it will be due to an event - such as asteroid impact.
But, do we think about lives of plants and animals, or of any other species -our fellow earth companions - say a particular insect?
For an example, consider this creature in the photo, which is a moth caterpillar. And those structures which you can see on its eyes and another on its frontier (near eyes) is an egg laid by another species of an insect (a parasitoid). So, this caterpillar mostly won't be surviving. Apart from chances of being eaten by some insect, what are other things that can happen with this caterpillar? Yes, it can be killed by a bird. Or it can be captured and killed by human, for the purpose of learning/ science. Or it can be carried away by a sudden stream of water in its area; flown off by strong wind. Its host - plant, and other plants nearby may die, causing this caterpillar to die too. Thunderbolt may strike and make it disappear. And there are so many possibilities by which this caterpillar may die (we are not considering its adult form - an adult moth).
How lucky we the creatures of this earth are to manage to survive and fend death every single day. Or how unlucky we are to be slave to the possibilities by which which we could die, and to face uncertainties in life.
- Dhairyasheel Dayal
#ecology#insect insect interaction#parasitoid egg#insect egg#insects#life#life on earth#struggle for survival#zoology#biology#entomology#short articles#moth caterpillar#caterpillars#moths#western ghats#insect photography#photography#macro photography#macro
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hello there, Davidd here (classic)
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Diamonds in the Rough
It took nearly two days for Emerald to regenerate.
It wasn’t… unexpected. Ruby had never seen Emerald get poofed before, but he had a relatively larger gem and physical form, so reconstituting himself meant a much greater expenditure of resources than it did for, say, a more disposable ruby, designed to go down often and bounce back quickly.
(next installment of life on earth: its red king time baby)
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Mmmm I crave validation.
I did the laundry and made the bed today! :>
#dirt talks#life on earth#hah I’m going through it right now#I have an essay due and I’m dreading it#did I Finish all the laundry? no#but I Did the laundry!#vent
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La vie sur terre (Abderrahmane Sissako, 1998)
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