In retrospect, you'd think the article's author would have chosen a photo of a tree that's more representative of the species, certainly something other than a dead stump. It makes me wonder if the stump is even of the same species.
That photo is a (probably dead) Great Basin Bristlecone Pine Pinus longaeva, but not of 'Methuselah'. Here's a link with a photo of the actual tree, 'El Gran Abuelo': https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/chl/losrios/launion/16140_launion/30431/
