A famous Sahara Desert landmark was the 'Tree of Tenere', until in 1974 it was knocked down by a truck! the Niger Government, recognising the historical and practical significance of the tree, had a metal 'tree' made to replace the original. Does anyone know who the sculptor of this 'metal tree' was?

picqero

There is a picture of this 'tree' at http://www.nomad-s-land.com/alphat/t20.jpg Jul 14 05, 1:21 PM

picqero

Sorry, I meant http://www.nomad-s-land.com/alphot/t20.jpg Jul 14 05, 1:26 PM

lanfranco

Picqero, I did find this very interesting picture, but I couldn't locate anything about the artist. If you do come up with some information, I'd like to know about it. Thanks Jul 14 05, 5:36 PM

gmackematix

I'm sure the "Guinness Book of Records" always claimed that the world's remotest tree was actually hit by a French truck driver. From this article it looks bizarrely like it was hit by a truck more than once. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Tenere Jul 14 05, 6:45 PM

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