Preston Beach, southwest Western Australia - 22 March 2016 - Tiny new shoots emerging from the blackened trunk of a Melaleuca (paperbark) tree, in a fire regeneration response termed epicormic sprouting. Early signs of regrowth after the devastating January 2016 bushfires are starting to be seen in some of the Australian native forest ecosystems in the region following recent rains. Credit: Suzanne Long/Alamy Live News

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Location: Preston Beach, southwest Western Australia
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