The NASA Earth observatory has some amazing photos of the wildfires in California. I've put a small version of one image here, but you should go to the NASA site and see the high resolution images. The fires are horrible but the images are fantastic.
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The fires are horrible, but as with so many things in nature there is power, awe and wonder and beauty, even when there is also destruction. I am sure a volcanologist thinks an exploding volcano is a beautiful thing.
Dave Briggs :~)