Living beings and things tend to form life in the most unimaginable places and things, being a constant reminder of resilience and a determined will of endurance. And there’s no better example than seeing these trees grow in the most impossible landscapes.
Surpassing 370 million years of evolution, these living things have adapted to survive even in places nothing else could grow.
And to illustrate this better, below is a collection of these trees thriving everywhere that will completely blow your mind.
(h/t: twistedsifter, boredpanda)
#1 Life Finds A Way
#2 Tree Roots Extend Across A Gap To The Mainland For Nutrients
#3 My Grandpa Hung His Skates On A Small Tree When He Was Younger. He Forgot He Had Left Them There And Found Them Years Later
#4 Ta Promh Temple In Cambodia
#5 This Tree Is Growing Out Of Another Tree
#6 A Tree Grows From Third Floor Window
#7 This Tree Grew Out Of The Stump Of A Dead Tree And Then The Stump Rotted Away
#8 I Spent Ages Staring At This Tree Before Taking This Pic. I Hope You Find It As Fascinating As I Did
#9 The Old Piano Tree
#10 Trees On A Tree
#11 My Sister’s Tree Is Eating Her Fence
#12 Life,Uh… Finds A Way
#13 This Tree Is Tenacious
#14 The Way This Palm Tree Fell And Continued To Grow
#15 This Tree Grew Around A Stone Sculpture Of A Face, Making It Appear As If There Is A Green Man Trapped Inside
#16 A Place Of Enchantment
#17 This Palm Tree Fell Over And Curved Right Back Up
#18 The Only Tree That Survived The Tsunami In Japan Between 70,000 Trees. Today Protected And Restored
#19 This Tree Fell Over And Grew 4 More Trees Out Of Itself
#20 Tree Of Life – Olympic National Park, Washington
#21 A Tree’s Root Spill Over The Sidewalk
#22 I Found A Tree Growing Through Speed Limit Sign
#23 Nature FTW
#24 This Tree That Refuses To Die
#25 This Tree Still Has Its Leaves Because Of The Light Shining On It
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