The photographer who took the images used a combination of artificial lights to create the illusion of string lights falling from trees, according to his website. Our fact-check sources: Brad ...

Mark Hirsch In 2012, photographer Mark Hirsch was ... Hirsch continues to take images of the tree today. You can see more by following his Facebook and website. That Tree website.

Mark Hirsch photographs "That Tree" 20 photos. My hometown paper caught wind of my project. The story generated so much interest I created a Facebook page.

My image is a long exposure, 619 seconds, taken at night. During this time, I used 'el wire' to create the blue smoke-looking effect, and a color-gelled spotlight to give the tree a pink glow.

In late September and early October 2024, a black-and-white photograph circulated on social media purportedly showing the "last giant silicon tree" in 1899. The image's caption referenced a theory ...