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Lone Cypress

The Lone Cypress overlooking Carmel Bay. The tree is believed to have been seeded 1750 in what was then the Spanish colony of New Spain. However, due to the invasive nature of traditional dendrochronology, the precise age of the tree is unknown and can only be inferred.

Over the centuries the tree has been weathered by the wind and salt spray coming off the Pacific Ocean, gradually altering its appearance. The earliest known depictions of the tree's likeness in paintings and photographs date to the 1880s, which shows the tree with a lush dome-shaped canopy.

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Uploaded on May 17, 2024
Taken on May 13, 2024