I know this has been making the rounds fairly heavily, recently, but it’s a fascinating series! Rachel Sussman is searching for and photographing, you guessed it, the oldest living things in the world. Above is: Clonal Mojave Yucca (12,000 + years old; Mojave Desert, CA), Siberian Actinobacteria (400,000 years old; Neils Bohr Institute, Copenhagen) & La llareta (up to 3,000 years old, Atacama Desert, Chile).

I love that she has a well documented map, so one can perhaps find some of these for themselves (even to Antarctica!). You can also read about it in her blog.