This weekend I headed out around town to take pictures of the “Station Fire” near La Cañada Flintridge. This is an area that I became familiar with earlier in the year with several hiking trips including the summit of Josephine Peak and Strawberry Peak. The landscape will be dramatically different when I next return there, as these peaks are within the fire area.
My photographic mission started Friday night as I headed to Pasadena to see what I could find. The results were surreal.
![Under the Bridge The Station Fire rages in the distance behind the Colorado Bridge](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0059.jpg)
The Station Fire rages in the distance behind the Colorado Bridge
![Rose Bowl and Fire Rose Bowl and fire](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0093.jpg)
Rose Bowl and Fire
![Station Fire and the Colorado Bridge Station Fire and the Colorado Bridge](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0111.jpg)
Station Fire and the Colorado Bridge
![Fire behind the NASA JPL Fire behind the NASA JPL](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/themes/prophoto4/images/blank.gif)
Fire behind the NASA JPL
![Red smoke at the crest Eerie patterns appear in the smoke](http://blog.kurtlawson.com/wp-content/themes/prophoto4/images/blank.gif)
Eerie patterns appear in the smoke
by Kurt