Sunday, 23rd December 2007
San Diego County Wildfire
by Kevin
The Harris Fire just went over the peak of this mountain (Mt. San Miguel) after midnight on 10/23/2007. There have been 21 civilian and 32 firefighter injuries, as well as five deaths on this fire. 211 homes and 262 outbuildings have been destroyed, and 259 additional structures are damaged. The estimated cost of this fire to date is $15.1 million.
Equipment: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Kevin
Website: Flickr
San Diego County Wildfire by Kevin was photo of the day on Sunday, 23rd December 2007. It is tagged Fire, Night. You can leave a comment below.
20 Comments
doug
phenomenal shot, its too bad that destruction can look so incredible
izakigur
It seems like hell, iam very sorry to see this picture. Thank you.
Keith
A cracking shot (no pun intended. Frightening and intense, yet exciting at the same time. Congrats on POTD.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
Wow … of course this scene is a true tragedy, but the photo itself is spectacular.
Bharat
Amazing…..!!! . Great job on taking this photo
laurens
one side its horrible, .. but fire is a wonder too…
difficult picture still nice
Pauline Jones
Spectacular shot, if I was living below I’d be scared.
Mohamed Basahl
It Is a Great Shot KEVIN
Dennis
Nicely done. The picture looks appropriately ominous.
Tom Brooklyn
Breathtaking.
reTArdo
its funny how often beauty and destruction lie hand in hand
great pic
congrats
Anurag
A reminder of the power of nature and the insignificance of man
Andrew
beautiful and lethal
Renee
It is a very nice photo and yes very sad at the same time! thanks for sharing!
Su
Yes a sad time but all forests need a fire to rejuvenate themselves now and then, its man who stands in natures way.
mike
Wow, unreal scene at night with the colors.
su
What a fire this turned out to be, great capture.
Rajib Singha
Anurag said it all. Great shot!
Renee
Agreed with the other comments. great capture
Joanne Bradley
What an amazing shot, scary but so impressive!