From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:
Firefighters battle hotspots of a fire near Lancaster, California. Nearly 1,000 firefighters, bulldozers, helicopters and water tanker aircraft are working to contain the fire which has grown to nearly 20,000 acres. Photograph: Stuart Palley/EPA
One of those times where the image is so beautiful that you almost forget what’s actually happening in it, and that it’s a bad thing.