A history of fire and hardship in this canyon

Pentax k20D on manual. Pentax 18 tp 55 zoom at 20 mm ISO 400 Fstop 13 Shutter speed 1/8 warmed up in processing. Taken in the evening as the sun had dropped below the canyon walls

Hiking the Fryrear canyon Sage Ranch Road arm is a small fraction of the history of the Central Oregon canyon lands. The walls are of volcanic origin and many are fractured by earthquakes and glacier action. This canyon also sits on a lightning storm track and there are many small fires set over the ages. because it is now a desert situation nothing grows fast or disintegrates fast. This tree was probably burned in the 50's or 60's it is one of many burned juniper skeletons in the area.