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Fire in the Sierras

2015 is now the 4th year of a punishing drought. Much of California is seeing the driest conditions in many, many years and the area of the Sierra Foothills is experiencing the worst fire season in history.
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  • Smokey Skies

    Smokey Skies

    Smoke from the massive Rim Fire in Yosemite NP infiltrated the skies over the Oakhurst and surround area and created some interesting visuals

  • Pines & Smoke

    Pines & Smoke

    Taken at a turn-off along Beasore Road near Bass Lake, the thick smoke from the Rim Fire, burning miles away in Yosemite NP, creates a very ominous feeling in the area.

  • Forked Sun

    Forked Sun

    Another shot taken up Beasore Road during the Rim Fire.

  • Early Night

    Early Night

    The thick smoke from the Rim Fire blanketed much of the Oakhurst area for a few days. Here, high up on Beasore Rd near Bass Lake, you get a sense of how thick it was by how much sunlight was blocked and the ominous feeling it created.

  • Pyrocumulous Beast

    Pyrocumulous Beast

    Fire cloud forming over the Rim Fire

  • El Portal Fire Images

    El Portal Fire Images

  • El Portal Fire Images

    El Portal Fire Images

  • El Portal Fire Images

    El Portal Fire Images

  • El Portal Fire Images

    El Portal Fire Images

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  • Blaze II

    Blaze II

    El Portal Fire Images

  • Blaze

    Blaze

    The El Portal Fire, an almost 5K acre blaze that scorched the areas of El Portal and Foresta along Hwy 140 started not quite a year after the massive Rim Fire burned more than 250K acres near and in Yosemite National Park. Captured this image of the blaze at night along Wawona Road in YNP.

  • El Portal Fire Images

    El Portal Fire Images

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    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

  • Pass Complete

    Pass Complete

    DC-10 VLAT #911 flying low after completing retardant drop on the Courtney Fire

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  • Bring The Pink

    Bring The Pink

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    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

  • From the Belly of the Benevolent Beast - triptyc

    From the Belly of the Benevolent Beast - triptyc

    Sequence of images captured as DC-10 Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) #911 makes one of it's several passed to lay down flame retardant as the Courtney Fire races down to Bass Lake

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    OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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  • Demacation Line

    Demacation Line

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  • Hope

    Hope

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