March 14, 2006.

Alanreed, Texas.

Photographer states :: Part of the stretch along I-40 near Alanreed, TX where wildfires have claimed 1/2 million acres of land due to drought and high winds.

The trees in this instance will survive. The prairie fire never reached the canopy. The fact the bark at the truck of the tree is singed in irrespective to it's survival.