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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Amongst a Burnt Sunrise

Black-Backed Woodpeckers thrive in burnt forest clearings. This was shot during sunrise in a section of forest burnt down by the summer's fires in California.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Huntington Lake, California, United States of America
Camera: DC-S1R
Copyright: © Jeremy Neipp