Bi-weekly Background - 2010.10.01

Today's shot is of a pine tree in Lassen Volcano National Park. This was taken near Bumpas Hell, and the tree was clearly not doing so well near the hydrothermal vents. This is one of my favorite shots from the area, just because of the uniformity of each of the bunches of needles -- some yellow near the base, some green near the ends -- and the exposure on the branches.

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