Terrible Beauty

A haze permeates the Santa Monica Mountains after the recent devastating firestorm.  Once covered in chaparral and trees, everything visible in this image beyond the foreground ridge has burned with such a terrible ferocity that all there is left is rocks, ash and seared dirt.

The haze, dust and remaining smoke combine to create a terrible beauty in this sunset image.

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