Moon Tree - Oly

Moon Tree - Oly The Moon Tree, as a seed, circled the moon on Apollo14 as cargo. Now the moon circles the living tree back on earth.

04/25/2026

50 years ago Moon Trees were planted five years after circling the Moon in the Apollo14 spaceship during US bicentennial self-congratulatory celebrations πŸŒ•πŸŒ² I wonder if the Artemis astronauts brought some seeds along for the next generation to? The actual Moon was overhead but the angle was too high at sunset. See comments for photo.

I know these astronauts will plant a tree and tend our earth garden πŸ’šπŸŒ
04/16/2026

I know these astronauts will plant a tree and tend our earth garden πŸ’šπŸŒ

The butthurt must be epic.

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50 years ago πŸŒ•πŸŒ²Me thought it was planted on Arbor Day of the country's bicentennial, but that may have been the '96 rede...
04/15/2026

50 years ago πŸŒ•πŸŒ²

Me thought it was planted on Arbor Day of the country's bicentennial, but that may have been the '96 rededication of it by Congressman whats-his-name?

Patrick McDonald profiles the Douglas Fir "Moon Tree" (Pseudotsuga menziesii), a tree found on the Washington State Capitol Campus. The campus is an internat...

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