Beauty comes to a New Mexico burn area

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Earthsky.org - 9/5/13, Deborah Byrd

View larger. | The amazing beauty in an older burn area in the Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest, in New Mexico, this week.  Photo by EarthSky Facebook friend Geraint Smith Photography.  See more of Geraint's photos here.

 

We hear many stories of the renewal of natural lands after a devastating wildfire, but this photo of an older burn area in New Mexico is particularly striking. It’s from Geraint Smith Photography in Taos, New Mexico. It shows the Valle Vidal Unit of New Mexico’s Carson National Forest, which, like many parts of the U.S. west, has had its share of wildfires in recent years.

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