That’s exactly what happened to an unfortunate graduate student named Donald R. Currey back in the summer of 1964, who ended up responsible for the demise of Prometheus, a bristlecone pine that stood ...
The story of Prometheus, the pine tree felled in 1964, marked a turning point in the conservation of ancient trees.
The moon Prometheus casts a shadow on Saturn’s F ring near a streamer-channel it has created on the ring. The image (Full-Res: PIA11566) was taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox. The ...