Title
After the Fire
Artist
Jenny Revitz Soper
Medium
Photograph - Digitally Enhanced
Description
The Sand fire in the Santa Clarita Valley mountains (my hometown) north of Los Angeles in July 2016 burned 38,873 acres and destroyed at least 18 homes. Smoke from the fire created an apocalyptic haze around the County and the scorch mark it left behind is clearly visible in images from NASA's Landsat satellite.
Though the majority of the land scorched in the Sand fire was public and less developed, flames also spilled into the "wildland-urban interface" (WUI), which is "where houses meet or intermingle with wildland vegetation." Fires in the WUI are harder and costlier to fight. While firefighters work to protect homes and property, they are unable to focus on suppressing the wildfire itself; giving it opportunity to spread farther and last longer. The historic drought conditions also allowed for more tinder to feed the flames.
At that time, the Sand fire was one of the largest fires in such close proximity to a city in the past 15 years.
Tied for SECOND PLACE in the "Reflecting on Moments of Solitude" contest sponsored by the FAA group "The Unexpected Wordsmith Poetry Not Politics" 8/31/2016
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July 31st, 2016
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Brian Morefield - Prose Imagery
A haunting rendition of this solemn image, Jenny! Congratulations on its multiple features!
Alex Lapidus
Congratulations, your image has been featured in the Experimental Photography group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the July – September 2023 Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page).
Steve Rich
Your wonderful image has been FEATURED on the homepage of "The Meandering Photographer”. Please consider adding your photo to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (June-July 2023)" active discussion thread. 7-14-2023
Calvin Boyer
In addition to the banner, I am adding this more permanent recognition of its FEATURE on the homepage of A TREE OR TREES IN BLACK AND WHITE. I try mightily to feature only images that would be at home in a juried competition. No doubt that this image fits that bill. CONGRATULATIONS! And consider adding your image to DISCUSSIONS "Please post your featured photograph here" for greater, long-lasting visibility.
Murray Rudd
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group 'Promote Your Work Here and Get Noticed.' To ensure your feature remains available over time, consider posting your featured image(s) in the Group's featured image archive.
Gary F Richards
Truly magnificent! Outstanding capture, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L… voted in the Hello 2021…contest