Photo gallery: Greenery rebounds after Monument Fire
Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained.
Green Comes out of the Black
Scarlet Creeper, red, and Ivyleaf Morning-Glory wrap around a burned stick along the Coronado Peak Trail in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
Burnt trees are seen in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
Scarlet Creeper envelops a burned log along the Coronado Peak Trail in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
A charred Desert Spoon is seen near Stump Canyon Road on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
This is a photo composite of an image taken June 16, 2011, the day the Monument Fire burned the area, to the left, and another image taken on August 31, 2011, 76 days later, near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
Scarlet Creeper, red, and Ivyleaf Morning-Glory wrap around a burned stick along the Coronado Peak Trail in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
Green takes over the black along Stump Canyon Road on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
Photo of a charred sign along the Coronado Peak Trail in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
This is a photo composite of an image taken June 16, 2011, the day the Monument Fire burned the area, to the left, and another image taken on August 31, 2011, 76 days later, near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
A Scarlet Creeper grows on a burned stick along the Coronado Peak Trail in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
This is a photo composite of an image taken June 16, 2011, the day the Monument Fire burned the area, to the left, and another image taken on August 31, 2011, 76 days later, near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
A Scarlet Creepter climbes on a burned bush on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
A yucca grows out of its charred stump along the Coronado Peak Trail in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
A Scarlet Creeper grows up a burned log along the Coronado Peak Trail in the Coronado National Memorial on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
Green Comes out of the Black
A Ragged Nettlespurge grows along Stump Canyon Road on August 31, 2011 near Sierra Vista, Ariz. Grasses, shrubs and wildflowers have sprouted up beautifully in some areas that burned in the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, barely two months after the fire was contained. Adaptive plants and plentiful early monsoon rains helped spur quick new growth out of the ashes.
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