Photo gallery: Chiricahua National Monument after the fire
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A look at Chiricahua National Monument after the Horsehoe 2 Fire consumed much of the Chiricahua range in Summer, 2011.
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Some green still survives in the fires scorched areas surrounding Sugarloaf Mountain at the Chiricahua National Monument in the aftermath of the Horseshoe 2 Wildfire, Tue. July 26, 2011. Areas of the upper reaches of the monument are untouched, but others are almost completely denuded of vegetation.
Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily StarAfter the fire at Chiricahua National Monument
Fire ravaged trees, little more than sticks, stand against a face of pinacle rock formations at the Chiricahua National Monument in the aftermath of the Horseshoe 2 Wildfire.
Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily StarAfter the fire at Chiricahua National Monument
A deer looks though the relatively untouched areas around the visitor's center in the lower levels at the Chiricahua National Monument in the aftermath of the Horseshoe 2 Wildfire on Tuesday, July 26.
Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily StarAfter the fire at Chiricahua National Monument
A blasted valley near the Sugarloaf trailhead at the Chiricahua National Monument in the aftermath of the Horseshoe 2 Wildfire.
Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily StarAfter the fire at Chiricahua National Monument
Clouds surround a backfire blackened Sugarloaf Mountain and its still operating and intact fire lookout at the Chiricahua National Monument in the aftermath of the Horseshoe 2 Wildfire.
Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily StarAfter the fire at Chiricahua National Monument
Two scorched skeletons of Arizona cypress trees stand against the background of the Cochise Head formation at the Chiricahua National Monument in the aftermath of the Horseshoe 2 Wildfire.
Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily StarThe Horseshoe 2 Fire, June 9
The Horseshoe 2 Fire, June 9
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Rock spires, pinnacles, pillars and cliffs don't burn down in forest fires. That means the scenic heart of Chiricahua National Monument - famous for its spectacular rock formations - survived when the raging Horseshoe 2 Fire swept over the site in June.
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