I love the vast open space surrounding us. My photographs usually document its wild beauty.
Here is a series about the Black Fire, awesome and terrifying.
I took all these photographs except the ones labeled from inciweb.org with the link to the image on their website.
Black Fire from the air 5/16/2022
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/photograph/8103/81/129684

5/16/22
56,132 acres burned

5/24/22
154,911 acres burned

5/26/22
191,459 acres

6/27/22
212,118 acres burned

from NM 152 East of Hillboro
241,403 acres burned

posted 6/9/22
https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/photograph/8103/73/130287

from Kingston
301,692 acres


6/27/22
325,136 acres
70 % contained