When I was 13 I entered a Fuji photo contest with the theme of "Images of Earth" or something to that effect. The idea was if you could send a photo and brief description that would best portray our planet to an alien species, what would you send. I sent this photo that I snapped in Yellowstone shortly after the huge forest fires of 1988. I wish I had a copy of the paragraph I wrote to accompany the photograph but my foresight was limited, especially since I thought there was no way a small town Montana kid would have a chance in a national photo contest. I later found out that I placed 3rd in the Nation and was awarded a new camera!