On a hike to Sawtooth in the Mineral King area of Sequoia National Park this tree standing at ~11,000 had a presence just begging to be photographed. What I didn't expect was to capture the soul of the tree still surrounding it within the light bursts that you can't see in the original RAW file. Thank you Sequoia NP for proving to me that the soul never dies, it just transitions. Powerful.
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