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14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Life and Death at Mount St. Helen's

In the midst of trees destroyed during the explosion, flowering plants have established a foothold. It was striking how renewal is constant and inexorable.

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Date Taken: 07.2014
Date Uploaded: 11.2016
Photo Location: Washington, United States of America
Copyright: © Lisa Johnson