Alpine Fire

The fire in Alpine occured July 3, 2012 and lasted for a small number of days. The east mountain used to be green, yellow, and purple, full of life. The trees gave a sweet scent, and when the breeze passed by there was a light rustling of soft leaves. Now the east mountain is mostly brown, burnt to crisp. The only scent is ash. Anything touched exhales thin sheets of black powder.
These images were taken a week after people were let back into their homes.
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