
Pando the Trembling Giant
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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Pando the Trembling Giant
Pando is latin for i spread. And that's exactly what this aspen has been doing in southern utah for up to 80 thousand years. It began as a single tree and spread outwards and upwards until it became the biggest organism by mass on the planet. To day, pando covers 106 acres and weighs some 13 million pounds.
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