Close up of a new pine cone forming on a healthy spruce tree. The cone is not quite fully formed, but has sap dripping from it.

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Close up of a new pine cone forming on a healthy spurce tree. The cone is not quite fully formed, but has sap dripping from it.

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Size: 4256px × 2832px
Location: Wilkerson Pass, Colorado - United States
Photo credit: © Shelley Dennis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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