Rachel Sussman is photographing the oldest living things in the world.

Above:
la llareta #0308-23b26 (up to 3,000 years old, Atacama desert, Chile)
bristlecone pine #0906-3033 (up to 5,000 years old; White Mountains, California)
sunland baobab #0707-2301 (2,000 years old; Limpopo province, South Africa)
welwitschia mirabilis #0707-22411 (2,000 years old; Namib Naukluft desert, Namibia)
clonal quaking aspens #0906-4711 (80,000 years old, Fish Lake, Utah)