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San Diego County Wildfire by Kevin
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 , . You can leave a comment below.

20 Comments

doug

23rd December 2007 at 5:07 am

phenomenal shot, its too bad that destruction can look so incredible

23rd December 2007 at 7:50 am

It seems like hell, iam very sorry to see this picture. Thank you.

23rd December 2007 at 10:00 am

A cracking shot (no pun intended. Frightening and intense, yet exciting at the same time. Congrats on POTD.

23rd December 2007 at 12:33 pm

Wow … of course this scene is a true tragedy, but the photo itself is spectacular.

Bharat

23rd December 2007 at 2:45 pm

Amazing…..!!! . Great job on taking this photo

laurens

23rd December 2007 at 3:09 pm

one side its horrible, .. but fire is a wonder too…
difficult picture still nice

23rd December 2007 at 3:10 pm

Spectacular shot, if I was living below I’d be scared.

Mohamed Basahl

23rd December 2007 at 4:39 pm

It Is a Great Shot KEVIN

23rd December 2007 at 6:20 pm

Nicely done. The picture looks appropriately ominous.

Tom Brooklyn

23rd December 2007 at 10:35 pm

Breathtaking.

reTArdo

24th December 2007 at 5:28 am

its funny how often beauty and destruction lie hand in hand
great pic
congrats

Anurag

24th December 2007 at 7:02 am

A reminder of the power of nature and the insignificance of man

Andrew

24th December 2007 at 2:12 pm

beautiful and lethal

Renee

27th December 2007 at 4:26 pm

It is a very nice photo and yes very sad at the same time! thanks for sharing!

Su

10th December 2008 at 6:56 pm

Yes a sad time but all forests need a fire to rejuvenate themselves now and then, its man who stands in natures way.

5th October 2009 at 2:16 am

Wow, unreal scene at night with the colors.

su

23rd December 2009 at 8:45 am

What a fire this turned out to be, great capture.

23rd December 2009 at 1:34 pm

Anurag said it all. Great shot!

Renee

23rd December 2009 at 3:58 pm

Agreed with the other comments. great capture

Joanne Bradley

1st March 2010 at 3:32 am

What an amazing shot, scary but so impressive!

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