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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