Viewfinder: Smoke Blankets Southern California as Fires Continue to Burn - Pacific Standard

Viewfinder: Smoke Blankets Southern California as Fires Continue to Burn

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Dec 11, 2017

A plume of smoke is seen from Ojai, California, as the Thomas Fire grows and advances toward seaside communities on December 10th, 2017, near Carpinteria, California. — A plume of smoke is seen from Ojai, California, as the Thomas Fire grows and advances toward seaside communities on December 10th, 2017, near Carpinteria, California.
(Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

Viewfinder is Pacific Standard's daily photo feature, showcasing one image from the news.

A firefighter cuts brush at the Thomas Fire on December 7th, 2017, near Fillmore, California. Strong Santa Ana winds are pushing multiple wildfires across the region, expanding across tens of thousands of acres and destroying hundreds of homes and structures.

A firefighter cuts brush at the Thomas Fire on December 7th, 2017, near Fillmore, California.

Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018. A fire that claimed the life of one firefighter and injured two others near California's Yosemite National Park has almost doubled in size in three days, authorities said Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the so-called Ferguson fire had spread to an area of 22,892 acres, and was so far only 7 percent contained.

Inmate firefighters battle the Ferguson fire in Jerseydale, California, on July 22nd, 2018.

Jake Glaser, dressed as Santa Claus, skateboards at Venice Beach on December 13th, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. Residents are preparing for Christmas in the wake of a series of destructive wildfires across Southern California.

Jake Glaser, dressed as Santa Claus, skateboards at Venice Beach on December 13th, 2017, in Los Angeles, California.

An aircraft drops fire retardant over a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest near Mt. Wilson Observatory, northeast of Los Angeles, on October 17th, 2017.

An aircraft drops fire retardant over a brush fire in the Angeles National Forest on October 17th, 2017.

Mexican farmers protest in Mexico City on December 5th, 2017, over land conflicts on the outskirts of the capital.

Mexican farmers protest in Mexico City on December 5th, 2017, over land conflicts on the outskirts of the capital.

A fox walks through a cemetery at dusk on January 10th, 2018, in Bath, England. Although the number of foxes in the United Kingdom is actually on the decline, the number of urban foxes in England has quadrupled in the past 20 years with an estimated 150,000 foxes in England, or about one for every 300 urban residents, according to a recent study.

A fox walks through a cemetery at dusk on January 10th, 2018, in Bath, England.

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