Prairie City, Iowa, USA. 23rd Dec, 2015. Sparky, a Bison at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge with a mostly healed wound following a direct lightning strike December 23, 2015 outside Prairie City, Iowa. The bison suffered the strike during the summer of 2013 and is healing well.

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Sparky, a Bison at the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge with a mostly healed wound following a direct lightning strike December 23, 2015 outside Prairie City, Iowa. The bison suffered the strike during the summer of 2013 and is healing well.

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Size: 4000px × 3000px
Location: outside Prairie City, Iowa
Photo credit: © USFWS Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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