Tag: wildfire
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Tahoe Quarterly: Through the Lens
Through the lens feature in the Fall 2024 issue of Tahoe Quarterly. “IN NATURE, art is infinite, from its most obvious forms—Lake Tahoe’s shimmering blue surface, for example—to its most unlikely sources. Like dead trees. Whether gnarled from the elements, blackened by wildfire or waterlogged on a rocky shoreline, the wood of any given dead…
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Park Fire Images
While on an unrelated trip we found ourselves driving through Chico, CA as the massive and destructive Park Fire blew up. Here are some of the images that I took from vantage points around the fire on the afternoon of July 25, 2024. The pyrocumulus cloud was visible from well over 100 miles to the…
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Ongoing Project: Documenting the 2021 Northern California Fires and their Aftermath
The Caldor and Tamarack Fires had a tremendous impact on El Dorado and Alpine County residents during the summer of 20221 and these fires continue to impact our lives in various ways, having drastically altered the landscape around us. While covering the story locally, as it unfolded in our backyard, I put together the following…
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Rapid Growth and Extreme Fire Behavior on the Caldor Fire — Timelapse and Stills (Sony A7 RIV)
With strong SW winds and extremely dry fuels in its path the Caldor Fire exploded on 8.17.21, exhibiting extreme fire behavior throughout the day. As of this post on 8.20.21 the fire is close to 70,000 acres with zero percent containment and more than 100 structures lost. These images and this very short timelapse were…
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Tahoe Quarterly: “When Fire Movers Higher”
This Caldor Fire image was included in Tahoe Quarterly’s recent story, “When Fire Moves Higher” which discusses the impact and causes of the increasingly extreme fire behavior in the alpine environment. The image was taken in the El Dorado NF the afternoon the fire first experienced rapid growth. Given the conditions at the time it…
David N. Braun Photography 