I shot this picture several years ago while out on a land healing ceremony. This particular parcel of land had been ravaged by a forest fire that burned the house and all other structures to the ground. This chair and table remained in the exact place they stood as the blazing fire devoured everything in its path.
Charred Chair and Table Remain Standing After Forest Fire
Nikon D3200 • Nikon 55-200mm lens • 65mm • F/6.3 • 1/160s • ISO 400
“Life is the fire that burns and the sun that gives light. Life is the wind and the rain and the thunder in the sky. Life is matter and is earth, what is and what is not, and what beyond is in Eternity.”
This tree remains standing almost two years after a forest fire scorched an area of Moraine Park in late 2012. The ground vegetation has grown back abundantly in the valley since then, covering the burn area with a soft blanket of green grasses and colorful wild flowers.
The charred blackness of this tree in stark contrast to the blue sky, the green grasses or the white snow reminds me that the earth continuously transforms itself with fire and out of those ashes, the most beautiful life is born.
RMNP, Colorado
Nikon D3200 • Nikon 18-55mm lens • 18mm • F/13 • 1/20s • ISO 200