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Consequences of fire

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Our one day trip to the Rockies. We have decided to drive to one of our favorite spots in Jasper NP - Medicine Lake. We have not been there since the fall of 2014 and were shocked to see the amount of burned forest in the surrounding area. The fire (Excelsior Wildfire) started by a lightning strike at the beginning of July 2015 and by the time it was finally under control (July 22nd) it consumed 966 hectares of forest...

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Uploaded on January 4, 2017
Taken on December 29, 2016