"Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same, year after year, through all the silent night
burns on forevermore that quenchless flame, shines on that inextinguishable light!"
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Tallest, Strongest and Most Iconic Trees in the World
Baobab (pictured): Its bark is fire resistant. Its fruit is edible. It scoffs at the driest droughts. It shrugs, and another decade has passed. It is the baobab, one of the longest-living, strangest looking trees in the world.
Photo: Courtesy of Flickr user prezz.
Ed note: Cork trees, the soft-skinned monarchs of the Mediterranean.
These are photos of a (one of three) Baobab tree that I saw in Botswana.