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It’s called preservation, but in the end, the “miracle pine” that survived the tsunami is actually dying from the salt water. Yet, it’s preservation basically means putting a carbon pole into the trunk and reattaching the branches. It’s basically dead and stuffed at a cost of nearly 2 million dollars. The 270 year old tree will stand in Rikuzentakata as a symbol for much longer time. (ABC – Pine)
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It’s actually not that uncommon, if you look it up, people have made even larger trees with more plastic bottles. This one is at a Chinese hotel. If lit right, it’ll work great. Lit wrong and you’re sitting on a goldmine of bottles that should be at a recycling plant. If left outside in the US, this bottle tree would be gone by morning. There’s a video – it was removed since it autoplays. If you want to see the video of this tree, then click on the link. (Washington Post – Bottle Tree)  
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