"These beautiful flowers called, Fireweed, grow abundantly many places in North America.  They are one of the first flowers to resume growth after a natural disaster ... i.e., they were one of the first to grow on Mt. St. Helens after the devastating volcano.  In Washington you see them growing where clear cutting of forests have occurred.  (many other places as well) They seem a sign of hope to me. I (Moon and Back Photography) took this shot standing in the middle of a clear cut section."