A powerful story about forest resiliency and renewal
by Jennifer Ziesch, State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology, Hannover, Germany
In 2015 a wildfire burned 5000 hectares in size of the Maligne Valley area of the Jasper National Park, Canada. One year later, I took this photo at the Medicine Lake. On the right side you can see the burnt forest, where the fire came to stop. The contrast between the charred black versus the vibrant green versus the singed red tells a powerful story about forest resiliency and renewal.
Taken on 10
June
2016
Submitted on 09 February 2018
Featured on GeoLog, the official blog of the European Geosciences Union
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- North America (724)
- Northern America (567)
- Canada (117)
- Exact location (-117.8052 W, 52.8730 N)
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lake, forest, rocky mountains, wildfire, canada, jasper
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Credit: Jennifer Ziesch (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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