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Stripped

 
Stripped
Cote d'Ivoire, Africa, 1991
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This tree was green and full of leaves about 2 minutes before I took this picture. I couldn't get my camera out quickly enough to capture the leaves in full blaze ignited by a savannah grass fire that moved across, underneath the tree. You can still see some small flames in the branches and the smoke from the smoldering grass. See Pyro-denitrification for the fire that caused this tree to be stripped of its life in minutes.