Jennifer Ruggiero Photography: Featured Galleries and Collections

California Desert

jmi46@netzero.net (Jennifer Ruggiero Photography) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Black and White Film - Scanned

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California Coast

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People

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Southern Sierra

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Wonder Valley Homesteads

jmi46@netzero.net (Jennifer Ruggiero Photography) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:45:00 GMT

Homesteads in Wonder Valley, California. For more information, please visit
http://www.wondervalleyart.com/

Music

jmi46@netzero.net (Jennifer Ruggiero Photography) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ancient Bristlecone Pine

jmi46@netzero.net (Jennifer Ruggiero Photography) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest lies within the Inyo NationalForest in the highest portions of the White Mountains, between the Sierra Nevada and Death Valley,in eastern California. Lying between an elevation of 10,000 and 11,000feet (3,048 and 3,354 meters) above sea level, the ultraviolet rays,extreme cold, wind, and aridity make for a harsh environment. But thesetrees survive on their ability to grow at an incredibly slow rate,resulting in hard, resinous wood. The harsher the conditions, theslower the growth, and the harder and more resinous the wood is, whichbecomes resistant to rot and disease. These trees were studiedintensely by Dr. Edmund Schulman, a scientist from the University ofArizona, and his colleagues from 1954 to 1957. He studied how thebristlecone pines would die back, leaving mostly deadwood and only athin strip of living bark to sustain the life of the tree. It was Dr.Schulman that dated the Methuselah Tree at 4,723 years, proving to bethe oldest living thing in the world! Dr. Schulman died at age 49,shortly before his data was published in National Geographic in 1958. Anearby grove was named in his honor. On this page, we take a triparound the 4-mile Methuselah Trail loop, where the oldest living thingson Earth reside.

Viva La Luna 2008

jmi46@netzero.net (Jennifer Ruggiero Photography) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Creatures

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Los Angeles Street Scenes

jmi46@netzero.net (Jennifer Ruggiero Photography) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

I took this photo with a point-and-shoot camera while ridding the Los Angeles Metro.