Just a few steps from the “Recovery Log“, the badly charred skeleton of a tree trunk still stood—perhaps the victim of a more recent conflagration. The window through its charcoal jacket looks to the less-burnt but still mortally wounded trees beyond, and the young, green growth that truly springs up from the ashes.
Yellowstone National Park WY (14 Sep 13) Looking SE
44.5039, -110.2402
Keyhole Char
Just a few steps from the “Recovery Log“, the badly charred skeleton of a tree trunk still stood—perhaps the victim of a more recent conflagration. The window through its charcoal jacket looks to the less-burnt but still mortally wounded trees beyond, and the young, green growth that truly springs up from the ashes.
Yellowstone National Park WY (14 Sep 13) Looking SE
44.5039, -110.2402