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2007 California Wildfires

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Houses above burned Bureau of Land Management lands at Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
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Houses above burned Bureau of Land Management lands at Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
Location: CA, USA
Burned trees and ash on Bureau of Land Management lands at Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
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Burned trees and ash on Bureau of Land Management lands at Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
Location: CA, USA
USGS scientist Dr. Robert Fisher and USGS videographer Steve Wessells look at invasive plants two weeks after the wildfires. Bureau of Land Management lands, Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
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USGS scientist Dr. Robert Fisher and USGS videographer Steve Wessells look at invasive plants two weeks after the wildfires. Bureau of Land Management lands, Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
Location: CA, USA
Two weeks after the fires, USGS videographer Steve Wessells stands near invasive plants in Bureau of Land Management land, Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
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Two weeks after the fires, USGS videographer Steve Wessells stands near invasive plants in Bureau of Land Management land, Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
Location: CA, USA
Scorched manzanita tree and rocks at Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
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Scorched manzanita tree and rocks at Dulzura Creek, Harris Fire....
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A thick layer of ash and scorched trees in the Dulzura Creek area, Harris Fire....
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A thick layer of ash and scorched trees in the Dulzura Creek area, Harris Fire....
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USGS videographer Steve Wessells interviews USGS scientist Dr. Robert Fisher about the ecological effects of the Harris Fire. Dulzura Creek....
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Interview with Dr. Robert Fisher
USGS videographer Steve Wessells interviews USGS scientist Dr. Robert Fisher about the ecological effects of the Harris Fire. Dulzura Creek....
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A ash-filled hole is all that remains from a tree that burned in the Harris Fire, Dulzura Creek. Such holes are commonly seen....
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A ash-filled hole is all that remains from a tree that burned in the Harris Fire, Dulzura Creek. Such holes are commonly seen....
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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E-mail Edward Edahl for more information about this picture: edward.edahl@dhs.gov...
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The next photo on the camera at 11:12 p.m. PST on Oct. 23, 2007, shows a coyote walking out of the wash at night, a day and a half after the fire, heading back in the direction from which the coyote was running on the early morning of Oct. 22, 2007. Photo credit: USGS...
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Coyote Walking Through Post-Wildfires
The next photo on the camera at 11:12 p.m. PST on Oct. 23, 2007, shows a coyote walking out of the wash at night, a day and a half after the fire, heading back in the direction from which the coyote was running on the early morning of Oct. 22, 2007. Photo credit: USGS...
Location: CA, USA
A coyote walking in dry creek bed of streamside scrub vegetation dominated by the native plant, mule fat (Baccharis salidifolia), about 20 days before the fire. In their wildlife research, USGS scientists position camera traps along trails and dry creek beds, places that are likely to be travel rout...
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Coyote Walking
A coyote walking in dry creek bed of streamside scrub vegetation dominated by the native plant, mule fat (Baccharis salidifolia), about 20 days before the fire. In their wildlife research, USGS scientists position camera traps along trails and dry creek beds, places that are likely to be travel rout...
Location: CA, USA
Movement triggers the camera, and moving vegetation can sometimes trigger a picture. At 09:45 a.m. PST on Oct. 21, 2007, the Santa Ana winds picked up and triggered a photo, followed by additional photos that morning of the windy conditions, including this one at 10:44 a.m. PST. Photo credit: USGS....
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Movement triggers the camera, and moving vegetation can sometimes trigger a picture. At 09:45 a.m. PST on Oct. 21, 2007, the Santa Ana winds picked up and triggered a photo, followed by additional photos that morning of the windy conditions, including this one at 10:44 a.m. PST. Photo credit: USGS....
Location: CA, USA
At 4:50 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007, a coyote runs into the wash, presumably fleeing from the fires. Photo credit: USGS....
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Coyote Fleeing a Wildfire
At 4:50 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007, a coyote runs into the wash, presumably fleeing from the fires. Photo credit: USGS....
Location: CA, USA
The camera continued to take one photo per minute for 10 minutes after the fire, until this one at 09:10 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007, showing smoke, burnt and smoldering vegetation and windy conditions. The remnants of some field research equipment are lying melted under a nearby tree. Photo credit: U...
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The camera continued to take one photo per minute for 10 minutes after the fire, until this one at 09:10 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007, showing smoke, burnt and smoldering vegetation and windy conditions. The remnants of some field research equipment are lying melted under a nearby tree. Photo credit: U...
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Movement triggers the camera, and moving vegetation can sometimes trigger a picture. At 09:45 a.m. PST on Oct. 21, 2007, the Santa Ana winds picked up and triggered a photo, followed by additional photos that morning of the windy conditions, including this one at 10:44 a.m. PST. Photo credit: USGS....
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Movement triggers the camera, and moving vegetation can sometimes trigger a picture. At 09:45 a.m. PST on Oct. 21, 2007, the Santa Ana winds picked up and triggered a photo, followed by additional photos that morning of the windy conditions, including this one at 10:44 a.m. PST. Photo credit: USGS....
Location: CA, USA
After the photo of the coyote on the run, the next photo on the camera shows high-intensity flames at 9:00 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007. Photo credit: USGS....
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High-Intensity Wildfire Flames
After the photo of the coyote on the run, the next photo on the camera shows high-intensity flames at 9:00 a.m. PST on Oct. 22, 2007. Photo credit: USGS....
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At 09:01 a.m. PST, just one minute after the intense flames, the fire seems to have passed this particular point, leaving only the skeletons of the mule fat plant and other streamside shrubs that continue to burn. Photo credit: USGS....
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At 09:01 a.m. PST, just one minute after the intense flames, the fire seems to have passed this particular point, leaving only the skeletons of the mule fat plant and other streamside shrubs that continue to burn. Photo credit: USGS....
Location: CA, USA

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