The images with the slab are virtuals, of course. The plan is to mount the tree onto a slab by Mariusz Folda, Poland in March 2019. The slab will be custom built so that the root ball will be almost undisturbed.
Colorado Blue Spruce #1 - here the final images after Jennifer Price has refined this tree for be offered for entry to the Nationals. What a tremendous achievement! Last photographs by Aaron Burke.