California fires

We have all heard on the devastating fires that ravaged many counties of California. Below is an interesting picture sequence of the event taken from a camera trap set up to study coyote behaviour in the area. Watch below:

At 0945, the wind picks up, and moving leaves and branches trigger the camera which takes a series of pictures, including this one at 1044.

At 0450 on 22 October a coyote runs by. It might have been fleeing the fires

The next shot, taken at 0900 speaks for itself

Just one minute later, at 0901, the fire has passed. A few shrubs continue to burn.

The camera keeps taking a picture a minute for 10 minutes until this one, at 0910. It shows just how thick the smoke was in the 0901 picture.

The camera doesn't fire again until the following day at 1112, when a coyote walks by.

Source: New Scientist