Wolf Creek Pass is a high-mountain route that’s notoriously difficult to navigate in winter, with steep drops in elevation as the road descends from the peak. While these trees were damaged by wildfire—always a threat here in the Rockies—trees in the surrounding forest have been ravaged by a different menace—the spruce beetle. The tiny but deadly beetles have infested up to 90 percent of the Englemann spruce trees in Colorado’s high elevations, including around Wolf Creek Pass, laying waste to large swaths of the forest.
Fire-damaged forest near Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado
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Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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Okefenokee Swamp
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Fall Astronomy Week
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Snow buntings take flight
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It s Teacher Appreciation Week
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Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
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Spectacular views below!
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In the path of the pronghorn
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Dog days of summer
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Fall color sweeps across the West