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Smoke rises thousands of feet above Boulder from the CalWood fire. This view from the Cottonwood Trail near the regional airport.

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Black and red smoke obliterate the sky to the East, while the sun shines on the golden plains about twenty miles away from the CalWood Fire.

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The CalWood Fire in Lefthand Canyon, Boulder, CO with smoke rising above Longmont, Niwot, and Gunbarrel. You can see the fire in the smoke as it spreads thousands of feet above the mountain.

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Above the Mesa, t he CalWood fire spreads eastward over the plains toward Erie, Colorado. The colors in the smoke were fascinating -- black, purples, reds, orange and grey -- all in contrast to the glowing golden afternoon sun.

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One small forest fire ignited the dry land and spread on high winds from Jamestown to Longmont, Colorado, burning more than 9,000 acres and destroying 20 homes (to date) and singeing numerous recreation areas in the northern foothills. You can see the smoke coming from close to the peak and filling in the canyon below, one of the most popular road biking areas in the community.

8 Thousand

The Calwood wildfire raged at 8,000 feet elevation near Jamestown, Colorado on Oct. 17, 2020. More than eight thousand acres were burned in mere hours. This view from the East Boulder trailhead in Gunbarrel, CO is less than 10 miles from the fire line in the lower fields, showing the plumes of smoke that have risen tens of thousands of feet into the sky. Climate change is a scourge of the western United States and fires are the smoke signal to help the planet.

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Black, red, purple, yellow, and grey smoke from the CalWood fire hangs over the trails at Lookout Road in Gunbarrel and Niwot, Colorado.

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A black and white vertical image of the smoke rising thousands of feet from the CalWood fires, originating in Jamestown, Colorado, and spreading east to Longmont and Erie.

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The CalWood Fire in Jamestown, CO and black smoke that spread eastward to Longmont and Erie. The ominous skies stand in stark contrast to the golden afternoon light on the mesa grass.

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Fire Dance. When my hand was shaking and I couldn’t get a clean image of the flames 🔥 rising, whipping in the wind through the neighborhood and mountains in our community. This is what showed... it looks like a line of beings moving, rising, animated in the destruction. These are the ghosts rising, demanding that we pay attention to saving this planet that is the home to precious life.