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Palisades and Eaton Fire Overflight : January 14, 2025

On January 7, two wildfires burned through neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, becoming the thrid and second most destructive wildfires in California, behind the 2018 Camp Fire which destroyed the town of Paradise.

A week later, from an altitude of 11000 feet, the damaged communities weren't readily apparent, but with a closer look, it was a sobering realization that multiple blocks of what were once homes had been reduced to piles of debris.

It's not obvious, but most of the homes to the left of Rustic Canyon (lower-mid-frame) are destroyed.

The community near Topanga Beach is mostly gone.

Pepperdine University

Looking east over Malibu	Monte Nido at left foreground.	Saddle Peak	Looking northeast from Malibu
Las Flores Canyon	San Vicente Mountain	The Summit community, above Pacific Palisades	cIMG_3498.JPG
Mandeville Canyon	pIMG_3501.JPG	pIMG_2790.JPG	Griffith Observatory
The Hollywood Sign	pIMG_2804.JPG	Looking north into Burbank	Altadena and the San Gabriel Mountains
pIMG_3506.JPG	The Rose Bowl becomes a staging area	pIMG_2811.JPG	The Jet Propulsion Laboratory
pIMG_2815.JPG	pIMG_2816.JPG	Damage on Lilac Canyon Lane	Loma Alta Dr and Lake Ave
pIMG_3508.JPG	Mt. Wilson Observatory	pIMG_3512.JPG	Raymond Ave and Palm St
Along Marengo Ave.	Along Glenrose Ave.	pIMG_2834.JPG	pIMG_3517.JPG
Charles White Park and Mountain View Cemetery area	pIMG_2841.JPG	Loma Alta Dr and Fair Oaks Ave	Marengo Ave and Mendocino St
Santa Rosa Ave and Calaveras St	The Rite Aid at Altadena and Lake	The Grocery Outlet on Lake Ave	Altadena Dr and Olive Ave
Fair Oaks Ave and Mariposa St	Newport Bay	pIMG_3527.JPG	The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is slowly being dismantled.
Just a cool looking wave pattern