Clear Lake Rock Fire At Moonrising Dusk

The following images of the Rock Incident on the east side of Clear Lake in Lake County, CA, were shot by various local photographers (and one photojournalist). I collected them off of Twitter and share them with you here in alphabetical order of photographer name. These images are my favorites of many dozens I viewed. This fire exploded into life this afternoon as two separate fires on that burned together. This fire's initial spread is symptomatic of the drought conditions that exist across the state with burning conditions possibly never before observed of this severity across such a large swath of the state in non-katabatic wind conditions. This fire has been roughly estimated at 3,000 acres but is burning with uncharacteristic vigor since sunset.

Photo by Benjamin Zuffi (all rights reserved).

Photo by Benjamin Zuffi (all rights reserved).

Photo by Chloeluvsclouds (all rights reserved).

Photo by Corrigan Gommenginger (all rights reserved).

Photo by Jen Mullin (all rights reserved).

Photo by Kent Porter of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat (all rights reserved).

Photo by Kent Porter of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat (all rights reserved).

Photo by Kent Porter of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat (all rights reserved).

Photo by Macey Iannone (all rights reserved).

Photo by Niniane K. (all rights reserved).

Photo by Niniane K. (all rights reserved).

Photo by Niniane K. (all rights reserved).

Photo by Patricia Brittan (all rights reserved).

Photo by Tom Sweeney (all rights reserved).