Los Angeles • 30 Aug 2009 • 22 PHOTOS
An enormous fire rips through the mountains Northeast of where I live. I get as close as I can at about 4.30am with my camera to take some pictures and witness first hand the surreal landscape as the fires bear down on residential neighborhoods.
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1 Displaced wildlife takes refuge in residential neighborhoods
2 There were lots of deer roaming around
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4 At the edge of the restricted fire zone
5 Thick smoke blankets the valley below
6 Fires verging on homes create an eerie orange glow
7 Bands of fire spread down this hill
8 Night for day: The glow of the fires makes it appear as if it were daytime
9 Fires broach the street
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15 Worried residents survey the fires from their cars
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