A world on fire

We were driving east out of Santa Monica yesterday afternoon when we caught a glimpse of the clouds generated by the Station Fire. The heat is so intense that it's generated its own microclimate and sent plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. By the time we made it to Mar Vista, the clouds weren't nearly as dramatic, but there was something still almost apocalyptic about the view. Waking up this morning to news of the possible loss of radio transmission towers on Mt. Wilson didn't help.



But two other videos that I stumbled across today give a much better sense of the size and the scope of the fire:

Station Fire from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo.

And Will Campbell's time lapse: