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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Resiliency

In the summer of 2017, a wildfire burned more than 100 square miles of Southern Utah. In the summer of 2021, life was returning to the burn scar. Flowers, green leaves, and even tiny aspen trees were growing in the areas devastated by the fire. It truly shows the resiliency of nature.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Brian Head, Utah, United States of America
Camera: iPhone XR
Copyright: © Jennifer Klemmetson