The so-called “Station Fire,” which began in Los Angeles County on August 26th, 2009, has burned about 144,000 acres and is still a roaring inferno as I write this.
There are plenty of pro photos of its devastation on traditional news sites, such as the Los Angeles Times. But for a different take on the event, I went to Flickr.
By limiting the Advanced Search date option, I quickly found the image below, uploaded by r1aviator on September 3, 2009. Entitled “Station Fire Sunset over Ridgecrest,” it was shot about 150 miles from LA. I was astonished to see the effect the smoke had on a landscape so far away — makes you understand how a large volcanic eruption brought about the “year without a summer” in 1816.
Like all the images in the Flickr Friday series, this one is licensed for commercial use without payment.
To nominate an image for upcoming Flickr Fridays, click the Comments button. Before we can consider an image, however, it must be approved for sharing under the Creative Commons license. (That searching option is part of Flickr’s Advanced Search page.)
This article was last modified on December 14, 2022
This article was first published on September 4, 2009
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