/ 2025 / Nature / Trees

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Yana Kiji, Japan
• Website
  https://yanakiji.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/yanakiji/

Cloaked in the morning mist, a baobab forest. The air hummed with a quiet, mysterious energy, like whispers from ancient times.
I was astonished to find such a dense concentrations of baobabs still remaining.
When I asked a local why, their answer was stark: "Because humans can't enter." With environmental destruction and climate change taking their toll, these majestic trees face an uncertain future. I couldn't help but wish for these incredible trees to thrive eternally.