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San Diego Wildfires Leave Haunting, Burned-Out Landscapes

San Diego Wildfires Leave Haunting, Burned-Out Landscapes

California wild fires — A longtime exposure shows smolderings remains of overnight fires on the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, Calif., May 16, 2014.Stuart Palley—EPA

May 17, 2014 10:06 AM EDT

California wild fires — A longtime exposure shows smolderings remains of overnight fires on the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, Calif., May 16, 2014. Stuart Palley—EPA

California wild fires — A longtime exposure shows smolderings remains of overnight fires on the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, Calif., May 16, 2014. Stuart Palley—EPA

California wild fire — Smoldering trees obscure the sunset atop a hill in San Marcos, San Diego county, Calif., May 14, 2014. Stuart Palley—EPA

California wild fires — Smoke from the fires in San Marcos and Escondido lays down at dawn due to subsiding winds near Elfin Forest Road, San Diego county, Calif., May 16, 2014. Stuart Palley—EPA

California wild fires — A longtime exposure shows smolderings remains of overnight fires on the hillsides of San Marcos, San Diego county, Calif., May 16, 2014. Stuart Palley—EPA

California wild fires — Smoke from the fires in San Marcos and Escondido lays down at dawn due to subsiding winds near Elfin Forest Road, San Diego county, Calif., May 16, 2014. Stuart Palley—EPA

California wild fires — A burned out home near Washingtonia Drive after catching fire, San Marcos, San Diego county, Calif., May 16, 2014. Stuart Palley—EPA

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