After the fire Photo

Photographer’s Note

One year after the devastating fire on Mount Parnonas, life goes on

Fireweed

This herb is often abundant in wet calcareous to slightly acidic soils in open fields, pastures, and particularly burned-over lands; the name Fireweed derives from the species' abundance as a coloniser on burnt sites after forest fires. Its tendency to quickly colonize open areas with little competition, such as sites of forest fires and forest clearings, makes it a clear example of a pioneer species. Plants grow and flower as long as there is open space and plenty of light, as trees and brush grow larger the plants die out, but the seeds remain viable in the soil seed bank for many years, when a new fire or other disturbance occurs that opens up the ground to light again the seeds germinate. Some areas with heavy seed counts in the soil, after burning, can be covered with pure dense stands of this species and when in flower the landscape is turned into fields of color.

robertosalguero, Wanda1, lc4giala, tober, leo61 has marked this note useful

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robertosalguero (110) 2009-02-23 8:07

Hi Nikolaos,

Nature is such a beautiful thing! I really like the colours of the image. The flowers look terrific in their pink tones. Good framing and sharpness and your note is very helpful. Cheers :-)

Roberto

Wanda1 (11001) 2009-02-23 8:12

Hi Nikolaos,
What beutiful colour and what a beautiful spectacle. One would never think that this area was a scene of a devasatating fire, it's amazing how it recovers.
Regards
Wanda

lc4giala (2186) 2009-02-23 10:01

σίγουρα είναι μια εικόνα (ευχάριστη) και αισιόδοξη, στην ιδέα όμως ότι εκεί πριν από λίγους μήνες ήταν δάσος τα συναισθήματα μπερδεύονται μεταξύ της χαράς και της οργής, κρατώ την υπέροχη λήψη σου και την ελπίδα να επανέλθουν σε βάθος χρόνου τα πράγματα στην αρχική τους μορφή, έτσι όπως τα γνωρίσαμε!
χαιρετώ
Γιώργος

ngk (1038) 2009-02-23 10:06

Ãéá óïõ Íßêï !!
Ôï ìåãáëåßï ôçò öýóçò áðïôõðùìÝíï óå ìéá ðáíÝìïñöç öùôïãñáößá ìå õðÝñï÷á ÷ñþìáôá !!! Óõã÷áñçôÞñéá.
Êáëü âñÜäõ.
nasos k

tober (3978) 2009-02-23 11:28

Hello Nikolaos, it's nice to see the recovery of the nature after the devastating fire of last year. I can even see a poppy along with the fireweeds. Excellent colours...

leo61 (43438) 2009-02-23 11:34

Hi Nikolaos!
Magic nature!I noticed simillar in the blue mountains near Sydney,only a few weeks after big fires.A black landscape with a lot of little green plants between.
This pink is awsome and the composition with the lonely poppy in the center excellent.
Regards,leo

diomed (4231) 2009-02-23 13:12

Hi Nick,
I live in Greece ( Peloponnisos ) half of the year and I find this your photo really spectacular, not only because is marvellous for the colours, the graphic effect of the trees in the back side, the composition, but specially for the message of " anastasi " that you give to all the people that's living in the region of Mount Parnonas. Syngalitiria file mou !
Antonio

g_panakia (3994) 2009-02-24 0:49

kalimera niko
nota aisiodoksias lousmeni me xrwmata anoikshs...
poly omorfh eikona!
georgia