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East Troublesome Fire
Fire cyclone explodes across me:
I wake for moments
I remember snows’ shield
I remember preparing for the long cold,
I feel the weight of heavy hooves
Fire unforgiving
These pictures show late-September’s beauty, aspen in full splendor. A week later, leaves were falling. The beauty was softer, less spectacular, as the land prepared for winter. And a few photos show the land in its present state. The smell of fire lingers; the soil’s power to generate growth at 9,000’ elevation depends upon the length of time fire burned hot on the land. We will not know the answer for some period.
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