Terra Flamma

From the towering pines of Shasta Trinity National Forest, to the chaparral scrub of San Diego’s Mexican border, to Yosemite and the Western Sierras, trained wildland firefighter and photojournalist Stuart Palley documents California’s raging wildfires and the forces behind them during the state’s worst fire season in modern history. The dramatic images, a half decade in the making, capture thesimultaneous beauty and destruction that wildfires bring as fire seasonsget longer and more deadly, expensive, and destructive.In the wake ofCalifornias record-breaking series of wildfires in 2017, theimages encompass five fire seasons and 45 fires. They are presented chronologicallyand culminate with the wine country fire siege that devastated Sonoma and Napa Counties in October 2017 and the Thomas Fire in Southern California, the largest in recorded state history. This timely book defines the state’s drought and urban sprawl challenges, drawing a broader picture ofglobal warming and its acute effects worldwide.[AuthorName]Stuart Palley[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Stuart Palley is a Southern California native with a background in photojournalism and history. He is a recognized expert on nighttime photography and has documented roughly 75 fires in five years, trained as a wildland firefighter, and traveled from the US/Mexico border in San Diego to the Shasta Trinity National Forest near Oregon to make the book’s images.[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]110 color images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]Wildfires at Night[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]110 color images[/ColorPattern]