An image of the Jolly Mountain fire in the Cascades mountains near Cle Elum, Washington, USA on September 1, 2017. The fire was started on August 11

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An image of the Jolly Mountain fire in the Cascades mountains near Cle Elum, Washington, USA on September 1, 2017. The fire was started on August 11 as a result of a dry lightning strike. When the photo was taken, 13,000+ acres had been consumed. As of September 29, 36,800+ acres were consumed, with 50% of the perimeter contained.

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Size: 7360px × 4912px
Photo credit: © Paul Chauncey / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: cascades, cloud, environment, fire, forest, global, jolly, mountain, night, pyrocumulus, state, usa, warming, washington