Conservation Media » 2009 fire http://conservationmedia.com Pixels that Matter Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:06:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Yellowstone Fire Pics http://conservationmedia.com/2009/09/29/yellowstone-fire-pics/ http://conservationmedia.com/2009/09/29/yellowstone-fire-pics/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:48:02 +0000 Conservation Media http://conservationmedia.wordpress.com/?p=46

I’m finally posting some pics from the Yellowstone fire.  This fire burned slowly at first, but finally hit some lodgepole stands that hadn’t burned in ~150 years.  Once it hit that, it was pushed by 20 mph winds.  This is a significant stand replacement fire, but alas, lodgepole is adapted to this.  It’s the park visitors that aren’t.

Stand Replacement in Lodgepole - Yellowstone 2009

Stand Replacement in Lodgepole - Yellowstone 2009

Huge flames in fire-adapted lodgepole.

Huge flames in fire-adapted lodgepole.

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