Inextinguibilis: Founders Grove
The coast redwood at the center of this image carries its fire damage low — a hollow burnt into the base, the char visible, the wound old enough that the bark has partially reclaimed its edges. Above the damage line, the tree rises without interruption into the fog that sits in Founders Grove through most mornings, its crown alive, carrying the full weight of its needles. The distance between those two observations is what the image titled Inextinguibilis is about: what fire did here, and what it failed to do. Made in Founders Grove, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, where the Avenue of the Giants reaches one of its largest surviving old-growth stands.
The coast redwood at the center of this image carries its fire damage low — a hollow burnt into the base, the char visible, the wound old enough that the bark has partially reclaimed its edges. Above the damage line, the tree rises without interruption into the fog that sits in Founders Grove through most mornings, its crown alive, carrying the full weight of its needles. The distance between those two observations is what the image titled Inextinguibilis is about: what fire did here, and what it failed to do. Made in Founders Grove, Humboldt Redwoods State Park, where the Avenue of the Giants reaches one of its largest surviving old-growth stands.