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Friday, July 18, 2008

Rejuvenation II


A close-up of this barrel cactus reveals old, burned areolas juxtiposed with new, bright green areolas.
A burned-to-a-crisp sotol miraculously sprouts new leaves.
A close-up of the sotol's new leaves.
The verdant area in the foreground was completely devastated by last month's fire.
This sotol has somehow survived the ravages of fire (see similar photo in June 22, 2008 "Ravages of Fire" post).

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

It was amazing to see how fast the earth recovered from the fire.

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