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“Whitebark Pine – Smoky Hills”. This photo, taken on the north side of Oregon's Mt. Hood thirty minutes before sunset, shows a portion of a dead whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis), an endangered tree that grows at high elevations across North America. These trees survive heavy snow loads and high winds by growing in mats low to the ground. Ironically it is only when they have died and shed their needles that the stark beauty and sinuous grace of their limbs are revealed. The hills in the background are bathed in smoke from the many fires that were burning across Oregon at the time. Photo location: North side of Mt. Hood, Mt. Hood Wilderness, Oregon, USA. (Photo and caption by Paul C. Glasser/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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