Photo of the Day #694: Elk

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A male elk (Cervus canadensis) grazing among a group of fallen trees. Photographed near the West Thumb Geyser Basin in Yellowstone.


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I think that this photo is also a good demonstration of forest recovery after the 1988 Yellowstone fires. Or to a paleontologist, is it a depiction of potential petrified logs of the future?