Photo Of The Day By Moran Nachshony

Photo by Moran Nachshony

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Rise From The Fire by Moran Nachshony.” Location: Carmel Mountains, Israel.

“Forest fire burned an enormous part of the Carmel Mountains,” Explained Nachshony. “A few days after the fire was put out, rain dropped on the ashy soil. From within the burned acorns, new life emerged.”

Photo of the Day is chosen from various OP galleries, including Assignments, Your Favorite Places and the OP Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the OP website homepage and several images from the Assignment Gallery are picked to be featured in The Best Of Assignments section in the print magazine. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them.

Originally Published February 18, 2016

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